Humboldt transformer station Prenzlauer Berg

The Humboldt transformer station was built in the 1920s and is one of the most significant industrial buildings of this period in Berlin. It is a protected building monument.
Because of its construction and use, the building is categorized under construction law as follows:
- High-rise building (height > 22 m)
- Place of public assembly
- Office building.

Extensive areas for public assembly are planned for the basement and ground floors. The upper floors mostly accommodate large office units.

For fire protection purposes, the complex, which consists of five building components over an area measuring ca. 100 m x 50 m, is divided into sections using fire-resistant partition walls, since it has no fire walls. Large areas of the existing floors can only be assessed as fireretardant.

The escape routes, in particular for the event areas, lead through the existing stairways of the industrial building as well as through new stairways. As part of the fire protection concept, the missing structural fire protection measures were compensated by technical fire protection equipment:
- Automatic fire extinguishing system
- Fire alarm system with an acoustic alarm
- Transmission from the fire alarm system to the fire services.
These compensatory measures made it possible to fulfill the construction law protection requirements for the use of the building.

Services provided:

Preventative fire protection (fire protection concept), Phases 2- 4.

Escape and rescue drawings.

Fire protection concept for temporary fashion events.