Community Center Plötzensee

The layout of the community centre is discreet, well integrated between all the residential buildings. Only a large concrete cross points the way over a ramp into the church and strong blue-painted surfaces attract the attention of alert observers. The complex consists of a four-wing structure surrounding an inner courtyard.  In addition to the church, the complex also includes a room for the parish, space for groups and young people and apartments in the front building which are rented to a physiotherapy practice. In addition, there is a parsonage to the west and a day care centre for children to the north. A cube within a cube. Eight concrete columns support a fair-faced concrete façade, creating a narrow corridor on the outside and enclosing the inner square. The altar, raised to two steps, is located in the centre of four rows of benches surrounding it. Only a skylight above the altar exists in the windowless room which reminds of a bunker. Because of its proximity to the Plötzensee Memorial, the church also serves as a memorial church for the victims of National Socialism and was designed accordingly: On the walls of the narrow corridor is the artwork "Plötzenseer Totentanz" by the artist Alfred Hrdlicka.