Gasometer Berlin Schöneberg

The Gasometer Berlin Schöneberg as a Photo Spot on the EUREF Campus

The green steel framework on Torgauer Straße is visible from afar and is one of the city’s most distinctive industrial monuments. The telescopic low-pressure gas holder was built between 1908 and 1910 and only went into operation in 1913. Berlin-Anhaltische Maschinenbau AG built it 78 meters high with an inner diameter of 63 meters, providing space for up to 160,000 cubic meters of town gas. The last gas holder was decommissioned in 1995, and since 1994, the facility, along with the retort house and boiler house, has been a protected monument. Anyone photographing the framework captures a piece of Berlin’s energy history that continues to shape the skyline of Schöneberg today. The former gasworks site has been transformed into the 5.5-hectare EUREF Campus, where the Technical University of Berlin has offered master’s degree programs since the winter semester 2012/13, and parts of which still feature historic cobblestones. The statics were designed by Richard Edmund Otto Cramer. A construction accident and delays in approval explain the three years between completion and commissioning.

Photo Spot with Panoramic View: Steel Shell, Glass Building, and Rooftop Terrace at 66 Meters

Since June 2024, a round office building has been embedded in the historic framework, and it is precisely this contrast that defines the motif today. Approximately 28,000 square meters of office space were created inside, built as a KfW-Efficiency House 55. The conference area extends over two floors up to a height of approximately 16 meters, while the uppermost ring of the steel shell remains open, allowing views through the structure. The main tenant is Deutsche Bahn with around 2,000 employees. The rooftop terrace at 66 meters offers a 360-degree view over the Berlin rooftops, but it is only accessible as part of a guided tour by the visitor service, with tickets released 14 days before the appointment. The one-hour tour initially cost 15 Euros. Private photography is permitted on campus and during the tour, but commercial film and photo shoots require approval from EUREF AG. Access by car is solely via Torgauer Straße to two paid parking garages; there are no bus parking spaces.