Tegel Projekt GmbH is the state-owned development company commissioned by the Land Berlin to manage the transformation of the former Berlin-Tegel Airport into two landmark urban development projects: the Urban Tech Republic (a 202-hectare research and industrial park for urban technologies) and the Schumacher Quartier (a sustainable residential district with over 5,000 apartments for more than 10,000 residents).
The company's responsibilities span the full development lifecycle: master planning, building and infrastructure construction, energy and transport planning, site management, space marketing, and public communication. Tegel Projekt GmbH acquired the 500-hectare grounds in August 2021, following the airport's closure in 2020, and development is proceeding in four construction phases through approximately 2040.
The Urban Tech Republic is designed as a trailblazer for Berlin's smart city ambitions. Six thematic areas drive the campus: mobility, energy, water, materials, ICT/smart infrastructure, and urban production. The FUTR HUB, the competence centre for urban data, serves as the campus's digital backbone. Partners include the Berliner Hochschule für Technik (which will relocate to Terminal A), Mitsubishi Electric (piloting energy-efficient building technologies), and Fraunhofer's Morgenstadt City Lab initiative.
The Schumacher Quartier represents one of Europe's largest timber-construction residential projects, designed as a climate-neutral, low-traffic neighbourhood where urban technologies developed in the adjacent Urban Tech Republic can be tested and deployed in real residential settings. The entire Berlin TXL site includes a 200-hectare landscape zone developed by Grün Berlin.