The courtyard groupA colorful group: we are currently 37 adults and 20 children. Soon there will be more ...IT ALL STARTED WHEN ...The Hof Prädikow project is being developed as a cooperative residential and commercial project on the old manor in Prädikow. The currently 37 adults and 20 children in the farm group want to live on the farm (soon to be reinforced by additional members), work digitally, technically and artistically, organize leisure time together, grow vegetables, keep animals, shar…

When designing the architecture, value was placed on the fact that all rooms with their separate entrances can be used in parallel with almost no restrictions. The option rooms can also be used as a village living room, for a meeting of the creative club or other offers during a seminar rental. The office users on the upper floor can also work undisturbed - regardless of how the barn is otherwise used. The feedback from individual members of the village barn team on the presentation of the archi…

An open place for everyoneThe village barn is to become an open place for lively village life. A place to chat and do, to spin ideas and try them out, to get to know and discuss, to play and be creative, to celebrate and learn from each other - and to work together. It should be a village barn for everyone: for the young, the old and the young at heart, for long-time residents and newcomers, for the village, the community and guests. It is to be created in the “small barn” at the entrance of the…

We interviewed Rolf Novy-Huy, the Director of Stiftung Trias. He gave us a peek into how heritage projects go from ideas to action and what networks and connections are needed for a project to get off the ground. Stiftung Trias played a major role in the Prädikow project by buying the estate after three years of negotiations with the original owner to sell it for a reasonable price. However, the story of how this estate developed is a bit more complicated. Often we see some basic details, but wh…

Over the past two years, Prädikow, a lab near Berlin within the OpenHeritage project has had the inspired objective of creating housing through heritage reuse. Prädikow, an bucolic village 40 minutes from Berlin has been home to an old estate where there was once a distillery, smithy, barns, stables, and space for agricultural production. The project was spearheaded by a group of 45 Berilners who have been working with the collective, Selbestau eG in 2017 as well as the Trias Foundation.  Within…

You want to get your hands dirty again? Do you want to run a project from start to finish? That's exactly what you can do with us. While you are working on your project, we will explain to you in a practical way how to handle the appropriate hand tools and machines safely. In small groups and in a relaxed atmosphere your new favourite furniture will be created. If you have an idea for your own workshop, feel free to contact us and we will try to realize your wish.Address: Hof Prädikow, Dorfstraß…

At Hof Prädikow modern working meets rural living. In the synthesis of these supposed opposites, new life and work designs emerge. These are the core of Hof Prädikow's vision. Digital work culture and diverse social exchange are to go hand in hand here with proximity to nature and handicraft work. We want to overcome the infrastructural limitations of rural life with the help of digital and social solutions and at the same time leave behind the disadvantages of fast-moving urban life. Life in th…