Out of time (Germany, Berlin)

Berlin, Tachelesstraße. This old building, typical of pre-war architecture , was occupied and then transformed into a self-managed cultural space after the fall of the Wall. Today it houses an independent restaurant combining catering, swing , and community life. The dilapidated facade is not a stylistic effect: it embodies the post-industrial aesthetic specific to Berlin's third places , where the deliberately minimal renovation preserves traces of the past. The garlands and wall posters signal a lively program, often linked to alternative cultures , in a neighborhood undergoing partial gentrification .