February 20, 2025

Public participation for the Quartier Am Humboldthain completed

An important milestone has been reached with the conclusion of public participation in the development plan process for the Quartier Am Humboldthain (QAH). From December 16, 2024 to January 24, 2025, public participation in the urban land-use planning for the Quartier am Humboldthain took place. At the same time, the joint participation of the responsible bodies took place from December 6, 2024. The parallel participation process is a first in the Berlin-Mitte district and underlines the aim of completing the development plan process efficiently and with a high degree of planning certainty. Less than two years passed between the decision to draw up the development plan and its publication. The development plan is scheduled to be approved in the fall of 2025.

The basis for the rapid progress in the development plan process is the early involvement and ongoing close and constructive coordination with politicians, the administration and the neighborhood. “As the planning authority, the Berlin-Mitte district has provided constructive support for the project. It is an important signal that Berlin is capable of efficiently managing large-scale projects and getting them off the ground. ”, says Lutz Keßels, Managing Director of Quartier Am Humboldthain GmbH. “For us, it shows that ambitious projects with an impact beyond Berlin can be implemented through trusting cooperation with the district and the state of Berlin,” adds Dr. Markus Vogel, Managing Director of development partner BÜRO DR. VOGEL GMBH.

The current progress in the development plan process shows that integrated cooperation between the public and private sectors makes it possible to plan and implement projects with city-wide significance. The next steps up to the approval of the development plan will continue to be closely coordinated with the Berlin administration.

The quarter is embedded in the Technologie Humboldthain Park, the most central of Berlin's eleven “Zukunftsorte”, and is being developed architecturally and urbanistically in the context of the city as a whole. On around 235,000 sqm, the QAH will be home to a primarily commercial, open mix of uses for science, laboratories, offices and production in a flexible structure. Sustainability plays a central role in the development of the future quarter. This is reflected in the DGNB Platinum pre-certification at district level.