Köpenick: Güterbahnhof Köpenick

The former freight yard in Köpenick is an industrial redevelopment area, gradually transforming into mixed-use urban space. At Güterbahnhof Köpenick, the local character comes from the visible overlap of former industrial, railway or infrastructural land with new housing, offices and public space. The everyday rhythm of Güterbahnhof Köpenick is shaped by surviving large-scale structures, successive construction phases and new everyday routes through formerly specialised sites. Güterbahnhof Köpenick lies in the borough of Treptow-Köpenick, about 14 km southeast of central Berlin. From Güterbahnhof Köpenick toward Friedrichshagener Straße and Mittelheide, density, land use and street character shift step by step rather than at a sharp edge. The immediate streets and open spaces give Güterbahnhof Köpenick a recognisable local identity of its own. This gives Güterbahnhof Köpenick a distinctive quality: the continuity between an older working landscape and new urban life.