Das Center am Potsdamer Platz
In Das Center am Potsdamer Platz—known locally as the Sony Center—eight high-tech buildings once stood at Potsdamer Platz, designed by architect Helmut Jahn. The complex opened in 2000 and housed Sony’s German headquarters, tying a global media brand to one of Berlin’s most scrutinized post-war sites. This location had already been transformed by history: in World War II it was the site of the Nazi People’s Court, and after the war the surrounding blocks were destroyed. From 1961 onward, much of the area became “No Man’s Land” of the Berlin Wall, until the square regained attention after the fall of the Wall on 9 November 1989. Sony’s redevelopment began after it bought a 30,000-square-meter site in 1992 for 97.2 million German marks. …
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