The first steps toward a billion-dollar renovation and refit of the historical Siemens industrial park and its surrounding neighborhoods in the northwest of the German capital Berlin are underway, with architects O&O Baukunst now given the nod by company and city officials to move ahead with a master plan concept.

O＆O在包含Albert Speer +合作伙伴，汉恩，Unstudio和Snøhetta的国际竞争中，在一个国际竞争对手的竞争对手中出现了17名竞争对手;该公司的工作将用于组建校园的总体规划，该计划于今年4月在今年6月开放，以建造庞大的项目第一部分。目前的西门子时间线呼吁在2022年开始上班。西门子计划将6亿欧元（6.7亿美元）汇入该地区70公顷（173英亩）的地区，并开放校园 - 西门子斯塔特2.0 - 公共使用，沿着工业设施周围的围栏。该市预计将在该地区投资类似的数量。

Siemens and the city are looking to bring life to the district with a mix of research and living space, including a school, hotel, some 2,700 residential flats, and the support of new transport infrastructure, all conceived in what is to be a mostly car-free, carbon-neutral zone. Berlin plans to restore use to a three-mile section of commuter rail, the “Siemensbahn,” which has been out of use since 1980; this will require either new bridge or tunneling works. The O&O plan envisions a centerpiece mixed-used 150-meter (490-feet) high-rise structure, though that was a point of contention in the jury deliberations.

All told it will be an ambitious venture for one of Germany’s premier engineering firms—indeed, the country’s fifth-largest company overall—and for the city-state of Berlin as together they seek to recharge an area of the capita that has colorful history in both industry and urban planning. The Siemensstadt, or Siemens City, took shape in the Spandau district of Berlin at the turn of the last century as the site of the company’s electric engineering factory works. It developed into a living and working area along the lines of new thinking in urban planning, moving away from the grim industrial zones of Manchester or Chicago. Its bordering residential estates were designed by prominent architects and urban thinkers such as Hans Scharoun, Otto Bartning and Walter Gropius.