About us

The place

On the site of the former Berlin-Tegel Airport, the Urban Tech Republic and the Schumacher Quartier are creating a neighborhood for the city of the future.

.GUT Am Flughafen 1 makes the beginning for this development.

A temporary free space has been created in the former air freight halls. People and organizations are invited to build the city of the future together and experiment with new ideas and concepts.

Architecturally, .GUT Am Flughafen 1 was designed as a meeting place that offers makers the infrastructure to develop their ideas. In addition, the place is open to visitors and offers various opportunities for exchange between civil society and the members of our community.

In the renovation of the listed building, we are trying to be a role model and set new standards in sustainability.

Facts

Terrain at the airport in total

495 ha

Size of .GUT at the airport

Indoor 10.000 m2

Outdoor 1 ha

Use

Laboratory, production, test stand, production-related work environment
Meeting, workshop, office
Eventspace, community kitchen, "Späti", outdoor areas

Planned operating life

5 years

Architects

GRAFT Architects

Designers

Studio Aisslinger

Technical planning

Arup

Vision

We firmly believe: We humans are capable of shaping our future and solving the challenges of our century - be it global warming or the division of our society.

Many solutions are already available. And with our courage and creativity, we have the potential to develop the solutions that are still missing.

We want to be the place where this becomes a reality.

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Mission

We start all over again. Now we're building a good city.

Mistress Eboshi from Princess Mononoke

We are building a community of research institutes, startups, innovation units and NGOs that want to work together to develop solutions for the city of the future.

Renewable
Energies

Circular
Economy

Sustainable
Building

E-mobility

We believe that the key to successful change lies not only in building bridges between different disciplines and perspectives, but also in bringing systems into cycles. We create the space and infrastructure that enable cross-organizational collaboration and the emergence of innovations. This allows the makers in our community to focus on the essentials: Creating solutions.

In addition, change also requires a rethink and acceptance in society. We invite civil society and experts to participate and contribute to the development of solutions.

People

Judith

Rossade

House Services

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Maryam

Fahim

Head of House Services

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Elisabeth

Quack

Director New Business

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Marc

Bernath

Co-founder & Managing Director

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Diane

Assiri

Event Manager

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Funding

The project is financed by a development loan from Investitionsbank Berlin and GLS Bank. The investment in the listed former air freight hall is supported by a building cost subsidy from the owner of the property, Tegel Projekt GmbH.

For further development and expansion, we are aiming for financing via a green bond, which takes into account the non-financial impact of our project (economic development, contributions to the energy transition, conversion to a circular economy, involvement of civil society) in addition to a financial return.

The place

Facts

Vision

Mission

People

Funding