Berlin is not a city to just hand it’s numerous spaces over to history. In the past few years, the growth of the capital can be found in the bounty of new cultural hotspots, filling gaps left from former times. The St. Agnes Church is the latest in a long line of cultural redevelopment, this time taking a former church and turning it into a multipurpose destination for art, design, writing, performance and more.
If you are looking for a fine example of Brutalist architecture, you need look no further. Famed for it’s harsh lines and sharp angles, St. Agnes never really fitted most typical definitions of what a church should be. In fact, as churches go, St. Agnes was always a very obvious ugly duckling. However, times change, and so do purposes – and the gradual fading of Catholicism in Berlin meant the church was on the market after services ended in 2004. The building lease was snapped up in 2012 by gallerist Johann König and under the guidance of Arno Brandlhuber, the space now boasts offices for magazines, curators and architects alike. The public gallery will officially open next year, until then, a series of temporary exhibitions hint at the soon-to-be-realised beautiful swan.
St. Agnes Church
Alexandrinenstrasse 118-121
10969 Berlin
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