Church of St. Agnes of Bohemia

The parish church of St. Agnes of Rome served the Catholic Church from the mid-1960s until 2004, when it was initially rented to the Protestant Church for organizing secular events until 2011, when a private company purchased the building, which was converted into a gallery for emerging artists in 2013. In 2005, the church, along with eight other sacred buildings, was declared a protected monument of modern architecture. The brutalist structure was designed by Werner Düttmann, who played a significant role in the urban planning of West Berlin and also served as a professor at the Technical University of Berlin during the construction of the church. Besides the church, a sacristy, rectory, and community center were situated around the inner courtyard. The free-standing bell tower is located right at the main entrance from the road. The square-based tower is topped with a cantilevered concrete cube containing the bells. Bricks from surrounding houses that were destroyed during World War II were used for the church's construction. The entire richly shaped complex is visually unified into a single building through rough sprayed plaster. Only the top of the bell tower and the skylight above the main nave remain exposed concrete. The gray mood inside the nave is brightened by a red brick floor and a light wooden ceiling. Light enters the main hall from the ceiling and through narrow side slits with a massive granite altar and rear choir.