Flakbunker Hamburg becomes energy station
The huge Flakbunker of Wilhelmsburg in Hamburg will become a renewable energy power plant. The roof and side of the bunker will be covered with solar panels. Different systems inside the bunker will provide heating and power for the nearby neighborhood. More info (in German) via IBA Hamburg.
In: Germany, News · Tagged with: bio, energy, flakbunker, flakturm, hamburg, iba, luftschutz, plant, power, renewable, solar
Bunkers turned houses
What to do with our beloved relics? Demolish them? Turning them into museums or let them be? German architects Rainer Mielke and Claus Freudenberg have specialised themselves turning bunkers into residential houses. According to their website, bunkers were built to receive people and protect them. Because of their massive construction, they last even without costly maintenance […]
In: Germany, News · Tagged with: architect, beton, bremen, concrete, convertion, living, ls-bunker, luftschutz, luftschutzbunker
Luftschutz bunker in Oostende protected
A Luftschutzbunker in Oostende, Belgium, gets the monumental status. The Flemish secretary Geert Bourgeois (N-VA) approved the protection of the bunker. He visited it last year. In the previous protection round in 1993 it was overseen, because it’s still on military grounds. Until 1993 the Belgian army used the bunker during battle trainings. Read the […]
In: Belgium, News · Tagged with: belgium, blockhaus, bunker, luftschutz, military, monument, oostende, pillbox, protection
Bunkersite.com update: Bergen
Added some locations in the beautiful region of Bergen: some Luftschutz bunkers in the city, the U-Boot bunker, the unique 615 in Storåsen, a Vf for Pak in Nordvika and the HKB of Ramsøy. Bunkersite.com update
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: 615, bergen, bunker, bunkersite, luftschutz, noorwegen, norvege, norway, norwegen, ramsøy, u-boot
Hamburg Luftschutzturm destroyed
A Luftschutzturm (air raid shelter) near Rosshafen, Hamburg has been destroyed. The five-storied bunker which was finished off with a layer of bricks over the concrete “had” to be destroyed for a new container terminal. It’s not even clear when this terminal will be built, but the bunker is gone anyway. Another relic that disappeared.. Luckily […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, Germany, News · Tagged with: demolition, hamburg, luftschutz, ringtreppenturm, rosshafen, turm