During his first official visit to Berlin on 12 October, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, accompanied by Berlin's mayor Michael Müller, visited the innovation center of the medical technology company Ottobock on the site of the former Bötzow brewery. The guests were received by Prof. Hans Georg Näder, CEO of Ottobock and David Chipperfield, who introduced the overall plans for the site. Since 2013 David Chipperfield Architects Berlin has been leading a major renovation of the brewery complex that will see the existing buildings restored and new buildings inserted. The restoration of four of the existing structures will be completed by the end of the year.
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