WERK

House New Work

Diverse, affordable and durable – “WERK: House of New Work” develops as a model project spaces for art and culture, research, production and social affairs in the ‘Kraftwerk Bille’ in Hamburg Hammerbrook.

WERK organizes itself and is intended to be a place that is created and sustained by the participants. This requires local long-term perspectives and reliable structures that can be shaped by all stakeholders.

Since 2015, the ‘HALLO: e.V.’ has been testing in and around the listed ‘Kraftwerk Bille’ – especially through the annual HALLO: Festival – Collaborative uses of space in limited time. With the concern of a permanently public common good-oriented use, the concept ‘WERK: House New Work‘ emerged, which calls for the cooperative takeover of part of the power plant’s building. The new ownership company ‘Kraftwerk Bille Hamburg GmbH’ is not willing to sell, which is why WERK is currently looking for alternative locations together with the Hamburg Mitte district authority.

WERK was selected as a National Urban Development Project in 2021 by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and the Homeland. In close cooperation with the district of Hamburg-Mitte and other municipal representatives, the concept is to be further developed into a model project for common good-oriented urban development with national appeal.

As part of a share deal, the shares in the property company Kraftwerk Bille Hamburg GmbH changed hands unexpectedly in 2021 in parallel with the application. Agreements and arrangements reached in years of negotiations with the previous, so-called ‘cultural investor’ MIB Colored Fields GmbH were not continued by the new investors. The new investor group is planning large-scale office uses and a private clinic on the site of the Kraftwerk Bille. In the meantime, the notices of termination have been delivered to almost all users of the Kraftwerk Bille.

Even the campaign “HELLO: Kraftwerk Bille Hamburg GmbH – Time to sell fairly!”, which was supported by 150 initial signatories*** from Hamburg initiatives and groups as well as Germany-wide leaders of institutions and individuals, could not prevent the end of WERK and ultimately also of Hallo: e.V. at Kraftwerk Bille.

The team worked in close cooperation with the Hamburg-Mitte district office to examine alternative locations for the implementation of WERK in the east of Hamburg. An adapted concept can now be implemented as a pilot project at the school at Bullenhuser Damm.

What does public common good-oriented mean for WERK – and how does it work?

About joint ownership and operation forms…

In order to implement and secure the ‘House of New Work’ in the long term, away from commercial exploitation logics, a common form of ownership and operation is required. To this end, Hallo: e.V. is planning to set up the WERK eG cooperative with other partners.

About co-productive planning processes….

In a sustainable participatory planning process, a concept is developed that combines the interests of the already resident with those of the future users. Like the site, the planning process is intended to be openly and diversely co-produced. During the extensive renovation of the listed industrial building, the utilization program is to be concretized and tested in parallel. In different working groups we develop the future and implementation of WERK: building room programs, juggling numbers, playing with rooms or communicating internally and externally – there is something for everyone.

About New Work…

For WERK, ‘new work’ means work that is oriented towards the common good. For example, a solidarity-based rental model can be used to cross-finance shared spaces and activities. Renting means working at the same time! To enable the exchange of different ways of living and working, WERK gathers a mix of creative, social, research, artistic and commercial forms of work. In addition to material resources, intangible goods such as knowledge, experience, and methods circulate in and around WERK and can be shared.

If you want to get involved or get informed, feel free to contact us: werk@hallohallohallo.org

 

*** First signatories of the campaign “HELLO: Kraftwerk Bille Hamburg GmbH – Time to sell fairly!”:

Ulrich Kriese, Stiftung Edith Maryon, Basel | Alice Barkhausen und Judith Bartelt, cavalcantine, Hamburg | Leon Lechner, ZOLLO, Hamburg | Tucké Royale, Schauspieler, Autor und Regiedozent der Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg, Berlin | Julia Jost, Autor:in, Berlin | Julia Riedler, Schauspielerin, München | Lisa Marie Zander, PlanBude, Hamburg | Jesko Fezer, Studio Experimentelles Design, HfbK, Hamburg | Ingo Böttcher, Hamburg | Alper Kazokoglu, Lukasz Lendzinski und Peter Weigand, umschichten, Stuttgart / Hamburg / Berlin | Helena Wittmann, Filmemacherin, Hamburg | Claus Teister, Hamburg | Tilman Knop, Atelierhaus Bullerdeich | Dr. Kathrin Wildner, Stadtethnologin, metroZones e.V., Berlin | Dagmar Pelger, Universität der Künste, Berlin | Alexander Römer, Constructlab, Berlin | J an Feddersen, Künstlerischer Leiter klub katarakt, Hamburg | Maike Mia Höhne und Sven Schwarz, Leitung Kurzfilm Festival, Hamburg | Alexandra Gramatke, Geschäftsführerin Kurzfilm Agentur, Hamburg | Andy Belfield, Architekt, Public Works, London | Andreas Lang, Architekt, Central Saint Martins, London | Dr. Renée Tribble, Professorin für Planungstheorie und Planungsmethodik, TH OWL Detmold, Hamburg | Dorothee Halbrock, Kulturarbeiterin, HALLO: e.V., Hamburg | Dr.in Gabu Heindl, Architektin, Professorin TH Nürnberg, Architectural Association London, Wien | Tatjana Schneider, Professorin für Architekturtheorie, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig | Licia Soldavini, Constructlab, Berlin | Sarah Bovelett, Floating e.V., Berlin | Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius, Architekt, raumlabor, Berlin | Carsten Rabe, Kurator und Fotograf, Hamburg | Viktor Marek, Musiker, Hamburg | Karla Weselmann, Nachbarin, Hamburg | Christine Ebeling, Kulturarbeiterin, Hamburg | Katharina Köhler, Managerin Deichkind, Hamburg | Prof. Anna Wübber, Hamburg | Teresa Huppertz, Floating e.V., Berlin | Britta Peters, Künstlerische Leitung Urbane Künste Ruhr, Bochum | Markus Fiedler, Filmemacher, Drehbuchautor, Kameramann, Hamburg | Marieke Behne M.A., Prof. Christoph Heinemann, Arbeitsgebiet Architektur + Stadt, HafenCity Universität, Hamburg | Gregor Hotz, Geschäftsführer Musikfonds e.V., Berlin | Eythar Gubara, Künstlerin, Hamburg | Daniela Brahm, Les Schliesser, ExRotaprint gGmbH, Berlin | Prof. Valentina Karga, HfbK, Hamburg | Nuriye Tohermes, Künstlerin, Hamburg | Daniel Möring, Künstler, Hamburg | Veit Wolfer, Kunsthochschule Kassel / Mietshäuser Syndikat, Kassel | Nina Manz, Urban Designerin, HALLO: e.V., Hamburg | Kirsten Plöhn, Urban Designerin, HALLO: e.V., Hamburg | Julia Marie Englert, Urban Designerin, HALLO: e.V., Hamburg | Katharina Hetzeneder, Grafikerin, Hamburg / Berlin | Helena Ratka, Musikerin, Hamburg | Dipl. dram. reg. Liz Rech , Regisseurin, Hamburg | Dipl.-Ing. Roberta Burghardt, coopdisco und Stadt von Unten, Berlin | Aslı Varol, coopdisco und Stadtbodenstiftung, Berlin | Alexander Schubert, Komponist und Professor, Hamburg | Andreas Barthelmes, Lichtplaner, Berlin | Fiona Grassl, Kulturschaffende, Hamburg | Kathrin Dröppelmann, Architektin und Stadtforscherin, Berlin | Ferdinand Försch, Musiker und Klangkünstler, Hamburg | Pedro Coelho, coopdisco, Berlin | Hannah Kowalski, Performancekünstlerin und Kulturwissenschaftlerin, Hamburg | Anna Hirschmann, Filmemacherin und Dramaturgin, Wien | Jan Hille, Filmeditor, Hamburg | Till Wolfer, XYZ CARGO, Hamburg | Katrin Woelger, Künstlerin, Wien | Loredana Gaiță, In the community NGO, Timișoara | Danny Tompkins, London | Pauline Fischer, Juristin, Wilhelmshaven | Janna R. Wieland, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Doktorandin, Hamburg | Olaf Nicolai, Künstler, Berlin | Dr., Dipl.-Ing. Michael Ziehl, urban upcycling, City Science Lab, Hamburg | Marco Baravalle und Emanuele Braga, Macao, Mailand | Jerszy Seymour, Künstler, Berlin | Wiebke Pranz, Ansprechpartnerin für Kulturelle Bildung/Kulturamt Stadt Leipzig, Leipzig | Heiko Donsbach, Architekt, Hamburg | Nika Son, Klangkünstlerin, Hamburg | Felix Kubin, Künstler, Hamburg | Florian Bräunlich, Künstler, Hamburg | Bettina Steinbrügge, Direktorin Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg | Prof. Markus Bader, raumlabor und UdK, Berlin | Nicola Kriesel, Juristin und Beraterin, SOCIUS eG, Berlin | Felix Forsbach und Jérémie Gnaedig, Franz KAfkA e.V., Bamberg / Chemnitz | Franziska Dehm, Stadtplanerin, Buenos Aires | Best Boy Electric, DJ, Hamburg | Dorothea Grießbach, Stadtteilprojekt Sonnenland e.V., Hamburg | Gabriele Klink, Studiendirektorin a.D., Rottweil | Andreas Knoth, Dipl. Psych, Master of Business Studies, SOCIUS eG, Berlin | Luka Lenzin, Musik / Comic, ZOLLO, Hamburg | Felix Egle, Social Designer, Researcher Studiengruppe Informationsdesign (SI) Burg Giebichenstein, Halle | Matthias Lilienthal, Dramaturg, Berlin | Adeline Ferrante, Warriorrecords, Paris | Daniel Dominguez Teruel, Künstler, Hamburg | Andrea Rothaug, RockCity HH e.V., Musikbeauftragte Bremen und Music Women Germany, Hamburg | Christian Hiller, ARCH+ Zeitschrift für Architektur und Urbanismus, Berlin | Mari Meyer-Sahling, Hamburg | Martha Szymkowiak, Hamburg | Gilly Karjevsky, Künstlerische Leitung, Floating e.V und soft agency, Berlin | Jakob Veselov, selbstständiger Hustler, HALLO: Radio, Hamburg | Rosario Talevi, Floating e.V. und soft agency, Berlin | Moana Vonstadl, Künstlerin, Berlin | Louisa Boeszoermeny, freischaffende Künstlerin, Berlin | Gudrun Krebitz, Filmemacherin, Berlin | Tulga Beyerle, Direktorin des Museums für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg | Ariane Burghard, Künstlerin, Berlin / Hamburg | Amelie Deuflhard, Kampnagel, Hamburg | Nadine Jessen, Kampnagel, Hamburg | Traashboo, Musikerin, Leipzig | Theo Bruns, Verleger, Assoziation A, Hamburg | Prof. Antje Stokman, Landschaftsarchitektin, Hamburg | Clara Umbach, Künstlerin, Hamburg | Katharina Knapp, Schauspielerin | Efraín Rozas, interdisziplinärer Künstler, New York | Kiky Thomanek, Künstlerin, Linz | Ellen Blumenstein, Imagine the City, Hamburg | Silke Briel, Berlin | Erwan Ha Kyoon Larcher, Künstler, Paris | Fran Edgerley, Assemble, London | Vicente Vázquez, Künstler, Spanien | Patrick Kabré, Musiker, Ouagadougou | Thomas Mimpamba Combari, Künstler, Ouagadougou | Jacob Kabré, Musiker, Ouagadougou | Christoph Lieben-Seutter, Generalintendant Elbphilharmonie und Laeiszhalle, Hamburg | Alex Zhang Hungtai, Musiker, Los Angeles | Kara-Lis Coverdale, Musikerin, Montreal | David Maranha, Musiker, Lissabon | Gabriel Ferrandini, Musiker, Lissabon | Sérgio Hydalgo, Kurator, Lissabon | Lena Ingwersen, Kulturmanagerin, Hamburg | Pedro Sousa, Musiker, Lissabon | Adnan Softić, Berlin | Nina Softić, Berlin | Véronique Faucheur, Berlin | Marc Pouzol, Berlin | Bisrat Negassi, Co-Founder M.Bassy, Hamburg | András Siebold, Leiter Sommerfestival Kampnagel, Hamburg | Ralf Suerbaum, Technischer Leiter der Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg | ANna Tautfest, Künstlerin, Berlin / Hamburg | Sébastien Tripod, Constructlab, Lausanne | Bruno Thiel, OHA! Music, Hamburg | Johanna Höhmann, Dramaturgie, Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburgplatz, Berlin | Johanna Kobusch, Dramaturgie, Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburgplatz , Berlin | Marlene Engel, Musik / Dramaturgie Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin | René Pollesch, Intendant Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin

Mundhalle eG, Hamburg | Kulturelles Neuland e.V., Hamburg | Südpol, Hamburg | Hajusom e.V., Hamburg | ZOLLO, Hamburg | Kulturbassin – Ateliergemeinschaft Süderstraße e.V., Hamburg | Experimental Spaces GmbH, Hamburg | Ausstellungsraum Süderstraße 114, Hamburg | projektbüro.city, Hamburg | Künstler*innenhaus Wendenstraße, Hamburg | Hamburgs Wilder Osten, Hamburg | Rudervereinigung Bille von 1896 e.V., Hamburg | Mikropol e.V., Hamburg | raumlaborberlin, Berlin | Floating e.V., Berlin | HALLO: Radio, Hamburg | Gängeviertel e.V., Hamburg | Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg | PK3000, Hamburg | Deichkind, Hamburg | Initiative Dessauer Ufer, Hamburg coopdisco, Berlin | Studio Barthelmes GmbH, Berlin | Halle 4K / Oberhafen, Hamburg | Curious Community Labs, Hamburg | Fabulous St.Pauli, Hamburg | Kunstverein am Donnerstag e.V., Wien | STADTKULTUR HAMBURG e.V., Hamburg | Dirty Art Department, Amsterdam | Papiripar, Festival für Musik, Kunst und Rotation, Hamburg | LU‘UM e.V., Hamburg | Künstler:innenhaus Vorwerkstift, Hamburg | Franz KAfkA e.V., Bamberg / Chemnitz | Mietshäuser Syndikat Beratung Nordhessen, Kassel | Jazzbüro Hamburg e.V., Hamburg | Atelier Silmandé, Ouagadougou | Festival Salon Musique, Ouagadougou | RockCity Hamburg e.V., Hamburg | Feminist Futures Hamburg Kollektiv, Hamburg | Association Yes We Camp, Paris / Marseille | Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg | Kampnagel – Internationales Zentrum für Schönere Künste, Hamburg | WOHL ODER ÜBEL, Hamburg | EDITION: Verein für aktuelle Kunst und Kultur, Linz | ZUsammenKUNFT Berlin eG, Berlin | Holstenareal-Initiative knallt am dollsten, Hamburg | POSSY, Hamburg | Assemble, London | fux eG, Hamburg | Viva La Bernie, Hamburg | Verlag Assoziation A, Hamburg | St. Pauli selber machen, Hamburg | St. Pauli Code JETZT, Hamburg | Netzwerk Recht auf Stadt Hamburg | Premium Kollektiv, Hamburg | BalticRawOrg, Hamburg | Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin | Centro Sociale, Hamburg