Report - Mäusebunker animal research centre, Berlin - Oct 2020

[Ant2011]

We had been told it was impossible to get in. So while in Berlin we thought we would just take some photos of the outside.
But then we thought, let's just try a few ways in, as we're here... and bingo, we were in.

Designed by husband and wife team, Gerd and Magdalena Hänska in the mid-1960s and built from 1971 to 1981, this reasearch centre is a great example of brutalist architecture, and has now been listed as a cultural heritage site.

It was built for the purpose of live animal testing, for research into new medicines and vaccines. It held over 45,000 mice and 20,000 rats.

It closed in 2010 and was due for demolition, before becoming a listed building.

 

[Exploring with Andy]

As brutalist architecture goes, that is something else! Love the interior styling as well. Amazing!

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Quite cool that, thanks for the pics

 

[KPUrban_]

This is instantly my type of place.
- Interesting brutalist architecture
- sci-fi looks inside
- labs
- operating theatres (if I recall correctly from another set of images)
- somewhat Interesting background.

 

[GRONK]

Nice design that, well photographed

 

[sassafras]

Fascinating building! Thank you for the post

 

[Mikeymutt]

Such a lovely beautiful brutalist building. Lovely shots as well.

 

[TheJungleBeast]

What an amaxing building, one of the most interesting I have seen in a while, really well captured too, are there any more photos from inside ?

 

[jones-y-gog]

Quality stuff that.
There's quite a lot more nice stuff to see inside as well

 

[dansgas1000]

Greta shots - fantastic example of brutalism too!

 

[Bugsuperstar]

That place is wild. Love it.