- Bunker (Berlin)
Der Bunker (also "Reichsbahnbunker") in
Berlin-Mitte is a listedair-raid shelter .It was constructed in 1943 byNazi Germany to shelter up to 2500 train travellers with the Reichsbahn. The quadratic building has an area of 1000 m² and is 18 Meters high. With walls are up to two meters thick there are 120 rooms on five floors. In May 1945 thered army took the building and turned it into aprisoner-of-war camp . From 1949 it was used to store textiles and from 1957 as storage for dry and tropical fruit.In the summer of 1992 it was turned into a
hardcore techno -club. On four levelsGabba -,Hardtrance -,House - undBreakbeat -partys were celebrated.After a
Razzia in 1995 the events became more irregular.Another Razzia in 1996 placed severe building restrictions on the tenants causing the club to close.In 2001 "Nippon Development Corporation GmbH" bought the building from the government.
In 2003
Christian Boros purchased the bunker for his collection ofcontemporary art . He also had a penthouse built on the roof . The ronovation work was finished in 2007. The collection is now open to the public but requires registration.External links
* [http://www.sammlung-boros.de/index.php?id=1350 Homepage of Boros collection]
* [http://www.realarchitektur.de/bunker.html Der Bunker auf der Homepage der Architekten]
* [http://www.spirit-of-berlin.de/Sight/bunker.htm Bilder des Bunkers vor dem Umbau]
* [http://www.web164.server-drome.com/Bunker/Mitte/Mitte.htm Weitere Bilder (Außenansicht)]
* [http://www.hidden-places.de/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1157 Weitere Bilder (Innenansicht)]
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