Groups denouncing gentrification and rising rents had protested the project.
They previously planned to set up the structure on an empty plot in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, a traditional counterculture enclave, but abandoned that venue in March — citing “threats against the project.”
The foundation announced Tuesday the BMW Guggenheim Lab will open in the capital’s Prenzlauer Berg district June 15 through July 27.
BERLIN (AP) — The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation says it has found a new Berlin location for a traveling design and discussion project after some local groups’ hostility prompted it to abandon its first-choice site.
Organizers describe the lab, which first appeared in New York last year, as a “temporary public space and online forum encouraging open dialogue about issues related to urban living.”
