RADIUS.Kultur – Cultural local supply in Siemensstadt 2025

A former shop unit, currently operated as an information centre by TICKET B – Office for Architectural Mediation, was transformed into a vibrant student and neighbourhood hub from 10 to 14 November 2025. The space functioned simultaneously as a studio, event venue and place of encounter.

As part of the project RADIUS.Kultur, students from the Carl-Friedrich-von-Siemens-Gymnasium explored the historical and contemporary significance of Siemensstadt. The project focuses on the concept of “cultural local supply”, defined as the interplay of social, cultural and community-based activities in urban space.

To conclude the project, the former shop on Goebelstraße was transformed on the final day into a place of cultural local provision as part of the three-hour workshop “Architecture Supermarket” – a neighbourhood space in which wishes, questions and ideas became visible and invited engagement and dialogue.

On a walking tour of the Ringsiedlung Siemensstadt, we immersed ourselves in the urban planning visions of the 1920s. We discovered buildings designed by Hans Scharoun, Walter Gropius and Hugo Häring, among others, and examined how we perceive architecture and urban space today. In the subsequent workshop, we exchanged personal impressions, associations and recollections, from which we will assemble three-dimensional collages – mini architectural models that evoke utopian visions and everyday reality, emotions and functionality.