About Us
Café Nullpunkt was built on the exact spot where the planet Neptune was seen for the first time on September 23rd,1846 – a world wide sensation!
The Berliner Sternwarte (planetarium), which stood on this site until 1912 was designed by the famous 19th century architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, for the Prussian monarch Friedrich Wilhelm III in 1835. The benchmark for the Prussian Elevation Survey was installed on the northern corner, at the height of 37,00 m above sea level. The name Café Nullpunkt is a reference to this historic function.
Café Nullpunkt is part of Frizz23, Germany’s first Baugruppe so-operative for cultural workspaces. The building has won many prizes for its unique participatory approach and striking design, including being a finalist in the EU Mies van der Rohe Award. The architects of the building, deadline.de, run Café Nullpunkt, and the 14 Minilofts above it. The Café interior was built entirely by the Miniloft team in dialogue with the architects. This D.I.Y. process is explained in detail in a small exhibition in the basement.
Team
Mathis Euvrard, Location manager
Originally from Brittany, Mathis came to Berlin in 2017 to study cultural management, graduating in 2022. He has been working in event production and management ever since. He is deeply immersed in the local cultural scene, and has a passion for dance, and videography.
Britta Jürgens, Architect + gardener
A German country girl, left her village to study architecture in Berlin. After graduating, she moved to London where she work as an architect, returning after the wall came down to a reunited, exciting Berlin. She is still in Berlin enjoying the unique mix this wonderful city continues to offer. Britta has a passion for native plants, and is always searching for new ways to make the lovely Café Nullpunkt garden even more beautiful.
Matthew Griffin, Architect + photographer
An expatriate Canadian architect, he was born in New Zealand. He came to Berlin in 1992, and felt immediately at home in the now legendary creative free space that was post Cold War Berlin. When not in the office he is a passionate photographer, and the images on this site, and throughout the building are from him.
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