Von Häusern und Menschen. Wohnen im Wandel

*Wohnen im Wandel in Prenzlauer Berg* Since the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, Prenzlauer Berg has changed fundamentally. The district is exemplary of many developments and clichés: free spaces and opposition, art and creativity, working-class district and Bionade-Biedermeier, old buildings and gentrification. All of this comes together in the theme of housing. Housing is an elemental need. It means protection and security, shapes everyday life and creates community. At the same time, it is precisely in Prenzlauer Berg that the consequences of housing and property{ST} policy decisions made in the period before and after 1989 up to today become visible. Houses, apartments, and their residents have changed profoundly under changed political and economic conditions. It is about rents and property, displacement and distribution, but also about different ideas of how people want to live and coexist. The consequences of this change are still intensely debated today. Using five addresses, the exhibition tells the story of houses and their house communities.