The AEG turbine factory was built in 1909, at Huttenstraße 12–16 in the Moabit district of Berlin. It is the best-known work of architect Peter Behrens. The 100 m long steel-framed building with 15 m tall glass windows on either side is considered the first attempt to introduce restrained modern design to industrial architecture. It was a bold move, and world first that would have a durable impact on architecture as a whole.
Shape and height of the building axes are given by the three joint ties.
Plaque on the AEG-Turbinenfabrik
Moabit is an inner city locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany. As of 2022, about 84,000 people lived in Moabit. First inhabited in 1685 and incorporated into Berlin in 1861, the former industrial and working-class neighbourhood is fully surrounded by three watercourses, which define its present-day border. Between 1945 and 1990, Moabit was part of the British sector of West Berlin and directly bordered East Berlin.
Stadtteilgarden in Moabit
The AEG turbine factory in 1900 – an example of Moabit's industrial past
Berlin's largest inland port marks Moabit's northern border with Wedding.
Moabit's Markthalle X, one of the few remaining Berlin market halls, erected 1891
