HAUS DER KULTUREN DER WELT

John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557 Berlin

Screens: 2 (Berlinale 1) 
Seating capacity: 1038 
Screen size: 6 m 14,5 m
Wheelchair access on all levels

S-Bahn Hauptbahnhof
U-Bahn Bundestag U55
Bus M85, 100

The Haus der Kulturen der Welt is the venue for the premieres of Generation, the Berlinale’s section for children and youths. The building dating to 1957 is one of Berlin’s most extraordinary architectural gems. It is located in the middle of the Tiergarten park, Berlin’s “green lung”, and was originally used as a convention centre. The building with its remarkable roof was the US contribution to the INTERBAU 57 International Building Exhibition and was built according to the plans of Hugh Stubbins, a pupil of Walter Gropius. Berliners – famous for their on-the-mark humour - soon nicknamed the new landmark the “pregnant oyster”. In 1980, however, the roof collapsed, killing a journalist. After a thorough investigation into the collapse, the Berlin Senate decided to rebuild it – a process which took five years.