Currently there are no free studios to rent.
Currently there are no free studios to rent.
When Yuri Gagarin journeyed into outer space, Berlin’s Friedrichsfelde neighborhood was a test site for postwar modernism. New apartment buildings, libraries and swimming pools were built. Preschools, too, for people who would naturally reach for the stars.
In 2005, the designers of anschlaege.de saw the utopian potential of the former preschool at Sewanstraße 122. They transformed it into a place where designers, photographers, illustrators, artists and writers have been working ever since.
But Heikonaut is not just a coworking space. The building’s manageable size and the open structure of its architecture guarantee focused work and allow for the exchange of ideas. Here, projects arise where creative disciplines intersect. Printing and model-making shops enable experimentation. The big backyard provides strawberries, recreation and visions that have three-quarters of an acre to unfold in.
Heikonaut. Let’s start from here.
Heikonaut offers studios and workshops ranging from 180 to 430 square feet, on two floors. Rooms can be combined to form studios of up to 1,290 square feet. Almost every room has a view of the yard, and some even open directly onto the terrace. A spacious kitchen with an espresso machine is available for all to use.
A cook comes three times a week and makes lunch for everyone. Knowledge transfer—both creative and practical—is a regular occurrence at Heikonaut. Like bookkeeping help, to take just one example.
In the basement are workshops that are open to everyone, including a carpentry and model-making shop, a silkscreen shop (textile and paper) and a small photo studio with a cyclorama wall and a copy stand. Storage rooms in the basement are available for rent.
VDSL and VPN are available at Heikonaut. There’s telephone service too, and an FTP server that can be used for group projects. A fax machine and a copier (b/w, A3) are available for common use. Heikonaut also has an alarm system.
At Heikonaut, artists, designers (fashion, product, web, communication), filmmakers, illustrators, photographers and writers work on their projects. When the opportunity arises, they work together. You’ll get the best impression of their work by looking at their websites.
Heikonaut GbR, Sewanstraße 122,10997 Berlin
mail: office@heikonaut.de
Heikonaut is located in the Friedrichsfelde neighborhood at Sewanstraße 122, at the corner of Volkradstraße. The Betriebsbahnhof Rummelsburg S-Bahn station is five minutes away. From there, you can be in Friedrichshain in five minutes and at Berlin Central Station in 25.
Buses link Heikonaut directly to Neukölln, Kreuzberg (Line 194) and Karlshorst (Line 396). Parking is also available at Heikonaut. By car, you can get from here to Berlin Brandenburg Airport in 25 minutes, or to the Alexanderplatz in 15.
