Berlin’s brutalist heritage is under fire. The city’s powerful Charité hospital wants to destroy a brutalist icon of the Cold War era: The infamous former animal research laboratory called the Mäusebunker. Meanwhile, a dedicated group of politicians, preservationists, architects, gallerists and students fight for an adaptive re-use of these magnificent, uncompromisingly unique structures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG_toUZEbSE
Who will win?
No matter the outcome, you’re left with the impression that preservation can be brutal.
Initiative zum Erhalt des Gebäudes der Forschungseinrichtung für experimentelle Medizin der Charité, ehemalige Zentrale Tierlaboratorien der Freien Universität Berlin – #SOSMäusebunker