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Designing Adlershof
Germany’s science city was built on the concept of academic–industrial collaboration.
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On the outskirts of Berlin lies Germany’s small-but-mighty “science city,” Adlershof. Occupying just four square kilometers of land on the site of Germany’s first airfield, Adlershof is home to more than 1,100 companies and scientific research institutions, a significant portion of them with an optical bent. Over 20,000 people work in Adlershof, alongside more than 6,000 students who attend the six natural science institutes on Humboldt University’s Adlershof campus.
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