New Concept Process for a Great Architectural Icon

ICC Berlin

Das Internationale Congress Centrum Berlin (ICC Berlin) zählt zu den großen Architekturikonen der Stadt. Seit 2014 befindet sich das denkmalgeschützte Gebäude im Stillstandsbetrieb. 2023 beschloss das Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin die Wiederbelebung und beauftragte die Senatswirtschaftsverwaltung bzw. die Berliner Immobilienmanagement GmbH (BIM) mit einem Konzeptverfahren.

Die KVL Group beteiligte sich in einer Projektpartnerschaft führender Unternehmen und ausgewiesener Experten aus den Bereichen Projektentwicklung, Stadtplanung, Architektur, Denkmalpflege, Kunst- und Kulturmanagement, Ingenieurwesen und Bauausführung an diesem Verfahren und entwickelte in einer zweijährigen Dialogphase ein konkretes Entwicklungskonzept sowie architektonische und städtebauliche Entwürfe.

// Project Development // Listed Building // Concept Process // Berlin // Architecture
© Jonathan Danko Kielkowski

The final concept submitted in March 2026 was positively evaluated by the jury – the decision-making body responsible for the concept process of the State of Berlin resolved to follow the jury's recommendation. With the official award recommendation of the Berlin Senate of 23 June 2026 and the associated negotiations of an exclusivity agreement, the revival now moves a decisive step closer.

The objective of the project partnership is a careful yet forward-looking revitalisation of the ICC. The special history, architectural power and spatial qualities of the building are to be respected, preserved and activated through new uses. Under the guiding principle 'function follows form', the ICC is to be further developed from its existing strengths.

A diverse mix of uses is planned encompassing art, culture, concerts, exhibitions, gastronomy, events, creative industries and new worlds of work. Large halls, foyers and extraordinary spatial volumes can once again serve as a stage for international formats, Berlin cultural stakeholders and public programmes. In close partnership with the State of Berlin, solutions are also to be developed for temporary alternative venues, cultural anchor uses and long-term viable operating models.

Projektdetails
// Projektlaufzeit:
Konzeptverfahren / Dialogphase 2026 – 2028
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Berliner Immobilienmanagement GmbH (BIM)
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Berlin
Bauzeit
Jahre
Volumen
Millionen €
Projektbeteiligte
Mitarbeitende

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