Free_space
From July 2021 to July 2025, Frei_Fläche promoted creative interim uses in Hamburg. The project has now come to an end.
For four years, we transformed vacant spaces in Hamburg into temporary studios, workshops, exhibition venues, co-working spaces, presentation areas and much more with the help of the Fund for Creative Interim Utilisation. As part of the funding programme, which ran until 30 June 2025, creative professionals only paid a monthly contribution of 1.50 euros per square metre - landlords benefited from the revitalisation of their vacant space. The Kreativplanet JUPITER directly at the railway station was the largest vacant space - but there is much more to discover!
The project
Deserted shops and empty streets characterised the cityscape when the coronavirus lockdowns paralysed public life. At the same time, creative professionals were fighting for their livelihoods. The City of Hamburg responded in 2021 with the "Fund for Creative Interim Use", which was financed from funds to overcome the coronavirus crisis - and has been extended several times with budget funds since 2023 thanks to its great success. Together with the Ministry of Culture and Media, the Finance Authority and the Landesbetrieb Immobilienmanagement und Grundvermögen, we developed the funding programme and have since enabled numerous creative interim uses from Altona to Bergedorf.
Questions?
Write to usMASSOUMI Gallery
Die MASSOUMI Gallery im Gebäude-Ensemble der denkmalgeschützten Stadthöfe zu finden. In einem ehemaligen Luxusmöbelhaus an der Stadthausbrücke auf mehr als 1000 Quadratmetern zeigt und verkauft Sahar Massoumi Kunst und bietet Kulturveranstaltungen an. Alle Infos gibt es HIER.
Unique Mash
Unqiue Mash ist ein Kollektiv aus nachhaltigen und lokalen Labels, die Mode und Design in einer einzigartigen Mischung zusammenbringen. Gemeinsam haben sie den ehemaligen Bioladen an der Osterstraße auf Vordermann gebracht und bieten für limitierte Zeit handgemachte Unikate, lokale & nachhaltig produzierte Produkte sowie verschiedene Workshops und Events an.
Unique Mash ist noch bis Ende August in der Osterstraße 116 zu finden. Für die Zeit gibt es bereits Pläne. HIER gibt es alle aktuellen Infos.
THE SPACE //
THE SPACE // ist ein Ausstellungskonzept im kuratierten Format initiiert von der Künstlerin Sarice Brudet. Ziel und Idee von THE SPACE // ist es, neben den Ausstellungen einen Ort für Dialoge, interdisziplinäre Verbindungen, Kollaborationen, Synergien, kulturelle Bildung und Raum zum Nachdenken und Austausch zu schaffen.
THE SPACE // besteht auch nach dem Ende von Frei_Fläche. Aktuelle Infos gibt es HIER.
Galerie von Wegen
Die Galerie von Wegen basiert auf der Überzeugung, dass Kunst - gut inszeniert - die Wirkung hat, einen Raum zu kreieren und sich zu öffnen. Sie bringt Menschen zusammen, lässt uns fühlen und fördert den inneren wie äußeren Dialog aus Wahrnehmung und Wirkung.
Die Galerie ist im Levantehaus in der Mönckebergstraße 7 zu finden. Aktuelle Informationen gibt es HIER.
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Contact persons
- Celina Behn
- Project manager Frei_Fläche
- 040 2372435-49
- Celina.Behn@kreativgesellschaft.org Kurzbiografie
Celina Behn is the project manager responsible for the "Frei_Fläche: Raum für kreative Zwischennutzung" funding programme in the Space department.
Celina Behn studied urban planning at HafenCity University Hamburg and has already worked in various fields of urban development. As part of various projects, she has focussed on the interactions between the creative industries and urban development.
- Louisa Schwope
- Project manager Frei_Fläche
- 040 23 72 435 – 41
- Louisa.Schwope@kreativgesellschaft.org Kurzbiografie
Louisa Schwope is part of the Space/Real Estate team for the "Frei_Fläche: Raum für kreative Zwischennutzung" funding programme and the contact person for Jupiter an der Mönckebergstraße.
After studying art history, social sciences and cultural and media management in Berlin, Vienna and Hamburg, she was a trainee at the Bundesstiftung Baukultur. From 2018 to 2024, she worked as a project manager for the project developer Coloured Fields GmbH with conversion projects in Hamburg and Chemnitz. As a volunteer, she is a passionate building culture mediator, including as a board member of the Denkmalverein Hamburg e.V.
- Markus Engel
- Project manager Frei_Fläche
- 040 2372435-42
- Markus.Engel@kreativgesellschaft.org Kurzbiografie
Markus Engel is part of the Space team for the "Frei_Fläche: Raum für kreative Zwischennutzung" funding programme and is the contact person for questions regarding the application and processing of funding.
After studying Applied Cultural Studies, he worked in various contexts in music and orchestra management, including for the Berliner Festspiele and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. He was also project manager at the cultural management consultancy Birnkraut|Partner, project manager for platform projects at Initiative Musik gGmbH and for seven years headed the coach and expert pool as well as the consultancy services of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft.
He was co-owner of the record label Pingipung for 12 years, was an honorary member of the Association of Independent Music Companies (VUT e.V.) and is an active musician himself.
- Tobias Kirchner
- Communications Manager Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft
- +49 40 237243522
- Tobias.Kirchner@kreativgesellschaft.org Kurzbiografie
Tobias is Communications Manager for the property projects of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft. He has been part of the team since April 2025. Before that, he worked for eleven years as a journalist and freelance author for various daily newspapers and media companies. Between 2014 and 2024, he was an editor for Boyens Medien's local newspapers in Schleswig-Holstein, where he built up the digital editorial team. During his traineeship, he interned at Der Spiegel and worked there as a freelance author for many years. Most recently, he was part of the UseTheNews project at the German Press Agency. There he developed, produced and moderated formats for TikTok and Twitch.