Registration: 2023 International Housing Study Tour – Berlin, Germany

All times and tours are subject to change.

Day 1 – Monday, May 22

• 6:30 PM – Meet in the lobby at Hotel Bikini – Welcome Reception & Dinner

Day 2 – Tuesday, May 23

• 8:00 AM – Breakfast
• 8:45 AM – Meet in Hotel Lobby
• 9:00 AM – Hop on the U-bahn!
• 9:30 AM – Parliamentary District and Pariser Platz – Along the river Spree, the architecture of political power with the so-called “ribbon of the federation“ is particularly impressive. The Federal Government‘s move from Bonn to Berlin completely changed its architectural representation. After historically modest buildings in the provinces of Bonn, the new parliamentary district is now characterised by buildings of high symbolic value: Norman Foster with his glass walk-in dome of the Reichstag building stand for a new way of building in a modern democracy.
• 12:00 PM – Lunch
• 1:45 PM – Jump on the U-bahn!
• 2:00 PM – Cut Through the Inner City – the OHBA tour will lay a cross- section through Berlin‘s city centre and present both historical and contemporary projects. The route combines diverse aspects of current urban development.
• 7:30 PM – Dinner

Day 3 – Wednesday, May 24

• 8:00 AM – Breakfast
• 8:45 AM – Meet in Hotel Lobby
• 9:00 AM – One City Two Centres – City West – Berlin has two main centres: one in the former east and one in the western part of the city. Around the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church with the Europa Center at Zoo station, the commercial centre of the walled-in city has asserted itself. Discover the new old City West with us!
• 12:00 PM – Lunch
• 1:45 PM – Jump on the U-bahn!
• 2:00 PM – Revitalization at Rummelsberg Bay – Set in a breathtaking waterfront location, a new piece of Berlin has been growing for several years in the golden triangle between Friedrichshain, Lichtenberg and Oberschöneweide. Where ice blocks were once stored and coal was shipped, innovative working worlds, studios and flats are now being built. In addition to new architecture such as the City Marina and the Spree Studios, you will pass the site of the former Rummelsburg prison
• 7:30 PM – Dinner

Day 4 – Thursday, May 25

• 8:00 AM – Breakfast
• 8:45 AM – Meet in Hotel Lobby
• 9:30 AM – Urban Timber Tour – full day including inside visits – Timber construction is becoming increasingly important in the urban context With the Schumacher Quarter, a pioneering, largely car- free quarter with 5,000 flats in sustainable timber construction with green façades is being built on part of the site of Tegel
• 12:00 PM – Lunch
• 2:00 PM – Urban Timber Tour Continued
• 7:30 PM – Dinner
• 8:00 PM – Wrap up architectural sightseeing dinner cruise