Welcome
We are the ZK/U in Berlin: production site, artist/research-residency, program platform. In our work we connect local practice and global discourse. Get involved!
ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics
Siemensstrasse 27
10551 Berlin
Germany
Contact
Events: spaces(at)zku-berlin.org
Press & Communication inquiries: kommunikation(at)zku-berlin.org / +49 3039882650
Residency inquiries: residency(at)zku-berlin.org / +49 30 39885840
Project inquiries: projects(at)zku-berlin.org / +49 30 39885842
Neighbourhood coordination: nachbarschaft(at)zku-berlin.org
Bi-weekly Sundays from November through March, 16:00 – 18:00
Reading Urban Spaces: Art & Urban Theory Reading Group at ZK/U
An exploration of how art, theory, and lived experience intersect in the life of cities
18 MARCH 2026 / starting 19:00
Survival, Sound, and the Politics of Waiting
FOOD & FOOTAGE – Independent movies in combination with food
20 MARCH 2026 / 17:00
Florian Wüst: Berlin is Berlin?
Talks on Curatorial Practice
22 MARCH 2026 / 15:00 & 18:00
JASSA Wasser: Flowing Voices
JASSA is a young FLINTA* choir ensemble from Berlin
26 MARCH 2026 / 19:00 – 23:00
OPENHAUS MARCH 2026
Open studios, performance, video, installation and resident talks
28 MARCH 2026 / 20:00 – 08:00
LOCAL PETTING CLUB TAKEOVER
Techno in the basement!
03 MAY 2026 / 11:00 – 19:00
GÜTERMARKT MAY 2026
Bi-monthly market connecting the neighbourhood and showcasing local goods & handmade items
Residency
A new, innovative venue offering artistic and research residencies of 2–12 months duration for art production at the interface of urban research opened its doors in summer 2012 in the district of Moabit in Berlin-Mitte, on the edges of Berlin‘s largest inland port, Westhafen.
Current Fellows
Ziad Naitaddi
The Interdependence of Things: A Reverse Fertilization between Sahara and Amazonia
Projects
Our projects are artistic, research-related, socially relevant and often international experiments that can eventually turn into ZK/U Formats.
Anchor Locations in Moabit-West
2024 – 2027
Together for a strong Kiez!
ClimArt
2023 - 2025
Raising awareness and mobilizing to increase urban climate resilience through artistic interventions (reallabor)
Beeholder - Beecoin
ongoing
Decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) inspired by the idea of self-governance of non-human stakeholders
Satellites
Satellites are ZK/U initiated projects happening outside of the physical space of ZK/U, or are organized by collaborators and partners at ZK/U.
ZK/U Aerial View, Berlin 2012
Support ZK/U - Donate for art and community
For over a decade, the ZK/U has been an important place for art, neighbourhood and social exchange in Berlin. But cultural work remains fragile.
Help us to remain independent and sustainable - with your donation! Every contribution helps to maintain art, encounters and low-threshold cultural programmes for everyone.
Without you: No art. No love. Donate now!
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