Werkheim Hamburg

This place is huge!!! It must be hard to foster a collaborative team feeling in such a big space.
It took me a while to find but when I found it I was surprised. Apparently it was one of Hamburg’s first business centres and it is a very sober and professional place. I enjoyed the drinks and the tour but I have to say it wasn’t my style. Having worked at Apple and a few great environments, experiences and diversity are vital. If I could wave a magic wand it would be completely revamped and be more modern, cool looking and inviting for all kinds of people not just middle aged men. The wifi was good and the prices are cheap but I’d pay more for the feeling I was searching for. Cheap prices aren’t everything.

This really is a beautiful coworking space. Very spacious with its open loft feel and a very Hamburg feel about it as you enter the courtyard of hanseatic colored bricks that form this building. There are trees that provide shade over the brightly lit sunroof that makes one feel as if they are inside but working outside in nature.
Often the trouble with working in office building is that they never have enough light or relaxing views, you feel claustrophobic staring at walls all day. Not here, the architecture and décor is very inviting, yet professional. The café serves food and drinks and if you host an event here, they offer/​provide catering which I can commend is suitable and even healthy if requested!
Not too long ago we hosted an event here called Startup Live by the amazing team at Start Europe, in which I am an Ambassador from Germany, helping to support the most unbelievable event of its kind, the Pioneers Festival in Vienna 2012!
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Tell them you are friends with the sweetest Ambassador in Germany, Candy ;)
In short, I loved this space and all it has to offer, though I did not inquire about the prices and facilities included with the cost because it is simply a bit too far away for me. I live in Harvesthude, so to get here, I have to take the U3 to Sternschanze, then the S to Altona, then walk another 15min from the main station to get here, otherwise take a taxi that costs 5min and 8 euros.
Unfortunately, coming here often is not motivating for me to do, because of its out of the way location. If I end up with a car and prices were comparable to Betahaus, I might reconsider in the future, if I still require the services of a coworking space. Since I was only here over the weekend for the event, I am not even sure how busy it is during the week. The charm with co working spaces is seeing other people, that is one of the main attractions, because if people did not want to meet other like minded individuals, they could work from home for free or sit in Startbucks just to be near other people in general. You cowork so that you can mutually benefit by the people working around you.

In der Planckstraße steht die ehemalige Industriebrache und ist auch heute wieder mit arbeitenden Menschen gefüllt, die nun allerdings an Schreibtischen und auf Schreibtischstühlen sitzen. Über den Tischen hängen nackte Glühlampen an langen Kabeln und jeweils eine Mehrfachsteckdose. Das Werkheim hat sich im Zuge des Umbaus in ein gemeinschaftliches Bürohaus verwandelt. Für den Preis von15 Euro pro Tag kann man sich hier tage-​, wochen-​, oder monatsweise einmieten um zu arbeiten oder Workshops zu veranstalten. Das gesamte Gebäude ist lichtdurchflutet und geräumig. Neben den zu Tischgruppen angeordneten Arbeitsplätzen gibt’s es zwei separate Konferenzräume und zwei separierte Büros. Vor der Empfangslobby ist eine kleine Küche eingerichtet und über den Innenhof erreichbar bietet ein Café eine Auswahl an Getränken und Snacks.
Die Macher des letzten Urban Camps (
) haben diese Location zu ihrem Veranstaltungsort gemacht. Ein Wochenende lang wurden im Werkheim Ideen zu sozialen Initiativen gesammelt, Projekte vorgestellt und Konzepte Diskutiert. Solch ein Camp eröffnet neue Perspektive auf die eigene Stadt und allen Teilnehmern die Möglichkeit sich aktiv an der Gestaltung ihres urbanen Lebensraums zu beteiligen.