Premises

Umspannwerk.Ost (Transformer Station. East) and palisa.de

History

• 1899/1900
  Constructed according to plans by Springmann.
• 1900
  The Berliner Elektrizitätswerke AG (utility company) establishs an electric power transformer station at Palisadenstraße in Friedrichshain.
• 1920s Expansion of the machine hall and the accumulator halls of the transformer station.
• World War II
  Demolition of the extensions.
• 1950s
  Construction of Stalinallee: Demolishing of the destroyed elements of the transformer station
• Till the end of the 1980s
  Occupancy of the building by the VEB Stanzbleche Berlin (nationally-owned enterprise for punch plate production)
• Till the end of the 1990s
  Production facility and office building of Begarat Anlagenbau GmbH (plant construction company)
• 1999
  “Low-energy standard for single monuments”: reconstruction of the listed building as cultural and convention center, financed by funds of the European Union and the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development, Environmental Protection and Technology.

Specifics:

• Application of ecological building materials (e. g. cellulose insulation with loam rendering for the indoor insulation), low-temperature wall heating system with single room temperature control
• Intelligent air conditioning technology with waste heat recovery and component cooling via geothermal cooling
• Potable water substitution
• Scientific monitoring, biennial evaluation of the actual energy consumption

April 2000 - Re-Opening of the premises:

• Restaurant Umspannwerk.Ost (Transformer Station.East)
• Musikclub Umspannwerk.Ost (Transformer Station.East)
• Theater
• Offices
• Meeting and Convention Center palisa.de