Sometimes, it doesn't take much to create an unforgettable summer celebration: a unique location, good company, thoughtful details, and an atmosphere that invites you to linger.

In the middle of apple orchards, a place was created where one could leave everyday life behind. Surrounded by lush greenery and rows of apple trees, a festively set table invited shared enjoyment. There was freshly squeezed apple juice and local apple wine – perfectly fitting the surroundings and a real treat for the guests. The day was rounded off with a relaxed barbecue buffet under the open sky.

As the sun set, the string lights bathed the plantation in warm light, the trees were atmospherically illuminated, creating a memorable ambiance. Between the lit rows of trees, conversations, encounters, and moments arose, which are exactly what make an event successful.

Whether it's a summer party, customer event, team evening, anniversary, birthday, or a small gathering – an event amidst apple orchards shows that special experiences often arise where nature, enjoyment, and hospitality meet.

Planning your next celebration or looking for an exceptional idea for your corporate event? We design customized events with great attention to detail and create experiences that inspire. Let yourself be inspired and discover how little it sometimes takes to create something great.

Wikimedia already commissioned us last year for nationwide scouting for this year's Futures Lab and organizing their 25th anniversary party for Wikipedia with guests from 120 countries. We were able to convince them to choose Frankfurt as the venue, not only because of the Frankfurt Airport, but also because, in addition to the super comfortable infrastructure, there is now a decent selection of cool locations.

The Wikimedians still had enough energy after their Future Conference for a party late into the night. Regarding the release of photos from the anniversary celebration, we unfortunately have to hold back. But you can believe us, it was wild, positively nerdy, merry, and dance-filled.

Gucci, the Siemens site, and a night that isn't announced.

Some projects are best told as they happened: invited rather than announced, for the right people, without public fanfare.

In 2018, Gucci approached us. The fashion house was touring five select cities worldwide with its „Gucci World of Electronic Music Tour“ – and for the Frankfurt stop, they weren't looking for a classic event venue. They were seeking a location that couldn't be Googled. A place with substance, with history, with the right raw feel.

At that time, we were managing the Siemens site in Frankfurt as part of a cultural interim use project. An industrial site with a history, with halls that still smelled of work. Exactly right.

One night. 250 guests. Helena Hauff.

We organized everything: concept, implementation, production – and designed the evening to feel as if it had been stumbled upon by chance. 250 invited guests from all over the world, handpicked like the location itself.

The musical heart of the event came from Hamburg: Helena Hauff, one of the most uncompromising techno DJs of her generation, played in a room that we specially repurposed for the occasion, even though it wasn't originally intended for that. That's precisely why it worked.

The pictures say the rest.

Sometimes the best collaboration starts with an emergency.

The production team of Hessischer Rundfunk was in the midst of preparations for the 1247th Tatort episode – „Murot and Paradise“ starring Ulrich Tukur – when a promised main location unexpectedly fell through. The shooting schedule was set. The crew was booked. And suddenly the centerpiece was missing: the place where the story was supposed to take place.

You called us for a new location scout.

One week. Tens of thousands of square meters. Two skyscrapers.

What followed was exactly what we founded UEBERRAUM for. No long lead times, no cumbersome briefing – we knew the city, we knew the spaces, and we knew immediately where to look.

Within a week we had a solution: two vacant high-rise buildings in Frankfurt with tens of thousands of square meters – empty, silent, and with an atmosphere that no studio building in the world could have delivered.

The one was Union West, our very own pop-up space, then still in operation. A place with history, with charm, with that special feeling of departure and transience that we've always loved. The other was the disused Intercontinental Hotel next door – deserted corridors, empty ballrooms, an almost surreal heaviness in every room.

For a crime scene involving secret banker parties, a club called „Paradise,“ and the dark promise of eternal happiness, there could have been no more fitting stage.

The rest is film history

Filming took place in November and December 2022, with the film premiering in August 2023 at the Festival des Deutschen Films in Ludwigshafen—nominated for the Rheingold Audience Award. The first broadcast on ARD on October 22, 2023, was watched by nearly six million people, achieving over 21 percent market share.

Director Florian Gallenberger – an Oscar winner, a master of grand visuals – has created something unusual with this Tatort episode. A film that disregards genre boundaries, that references Kubrick and Tarantino, that philosophizes while also entertaining. FAZ, Spiegel, taz, and Tagesspiegel were enthusiastic. The audience was divided – which is almost a tradition with Murot Tatort episodes and somehow part of what makes them so good.

That some of these pictures were taken in rooms we made possible in just one week still makes us a little proud today.

What remains

The Union West Pop-Up Space is no more. The Intercontinental remains vacant. But the locations live on on millions of screens – in one of the most discussed crime scenes of recent years.

That's perhaps the most beautiful thing about our work: spaces that are actually at the end of their time get one last big moment. And sometimes, from that moment, something remains.

Here is the crime scene in the ARD Media Library.

The Schirn will celebrate its 40th anniversary in May 2026. Congratulations from us too!

Most Frankfurt residents know that the Schirn has temporarily moved to the old Dondorf print shop. Few know that this would not have been possible so quickly without our contribution. Therefore, we are especially happy to have finally found the time to report on it.

While it wasn't our first collaboration with a cultural institution or even a museum. Even in his early days as an event organizer, our CEO was able to arrange programs and nights for several special events at the Städel.

But we didn't see that coming, that we, as experts in interim use, would be allowed to transform an old industrial printing house into a temporary museum for modern art. 

What exactly were our tasks and what did the process look like? 

Essentially, we had to be quick because the move-out date for the Schirn am Römer was already set, with no replacement in sight. We can proudly say today that we couldn't have worked any faster.

After commissioning the research and feasibility study of suitable vacant properties, we first did what is essentially our daily bread: 

Systematically scouted the market for vacancies. At that time, the Max Planck Institute was still in its planning stages for the Dondorf printing works, which would have led to demolition. These plans ultimately resulted in protests and the occupation of the property, which is owned by the state of Hesse.

After the police occupation was lifted around Christmas 2023, we proposed the Dondorf printing house to the city, state, and Schirn as a potential interim use for the Schirn. Subsequently, we represented the Schirn's interests in preparation and planning towards the state and Goethe University, and on the other hand, ensured that the endless amount of information that needs to be processed for a project of this magnitude reached all stakeholders as quickly as possible. Thus, we did what many project managers from other fields are also familiar with: condensing a lot of information into clear data to provide quick decision-making bases for the next steps.

In addition, we have assembled a team consisting of architect Bjoern Tensi Schmidt and specialist planners from previous projects of our own, with whom we have had positive experiences in planning interim uses. Since close-knit and well-coordinated teamwork is particularly important for interim uses, our experience has enabled us to help all those involved reach their respective goals more quickly.

We continued to be the central interface for budgeting, owner representation, and process optimization until the handover to the general contractor, who carried out the renovation work as part of the change of use.

Further information on the history of Dondorf Druckerei can be found at Friends of Bockenheim and here.

Thank you very much for the good 1.5 years of collaboration, especially to:

Dr. Sebastian Baden
Esther Schlicht
Fanny Bengsch
Christian Teltz
Bjoern Tensi Schmidt, Architect
Charlotte Borck, Fire Protection Expert

Potential interim use?

If you are a project developer with a vacant space suitable for interim use, or if you manage a brand planning a pop-up, we would be delighted to hear from you as well!

Company event in former Mercedes truck workshop in Frankfurt

In the fall of 2018, as part of a temporary use project, we had the opportunity to transform a former Mercedes truck workshop in Frankfurt am Main into an extraordinary event location for an exclusive corporate event. For our client from the private equity sector, we created a unique combination of dinner, networking, and inspiring exchange in an industrial atmosphere.

The „Entrepreneur Talks“ event brought together investors, partners, and clients of the internationally active private equity group with locations in Germany and Switzerland. The evening offered opportunities for personal conversations, new connections, and inspiring insights – accompanied by a keynote speech, high-quality catering, and live jazz music.

The event shows that innovative company events and corporate events are no longer just held in classic hotels or conference rooms. Extraordinary off-locations in Frankfurt, in particular, create a special atmosphere for networking events, customer events, and exclusive business dinners.

Especially exciting: During the first viewing, the former workshop was hardly recognizable as a later premium event location. It is precisely these temporary interim uses and urban industrial backdrops that make up the special character of many of our event concepts.

Below you can see the photos from the first viewing – barely recognizable, right?

On the occasion of Light + Building Trade Fair In Frankfurt, we transformed a trendy local restaurant into an event space for Selux in a very short time – the perfect stage for the premiere of a new designer lamp.

With a custom spatial concept, coordinated lighting design, and appropriate interior design, the restaurant was transformed into an event location that showcased guests, brand, and product equally. The new light fixture was the centerpiece – embedded in an atmosphere that offered space for exchange, genuine encounters, and a relaxed get-together.

The result: an evening that went far beyond a classic product presentation. An event venue in Frankfurt that connected Selux with customers and guests – and impressively brought the new designer lamp to life.

Not every request is suitable for an off-location without any infrastructure and with high production costs. Within the scope of this conference, the following three criteria played the main role, which we as a Frankfurt event agency should implement:

1. Our clients needed enough space for the original DeLorean so that everyone would truly understand the conference motto “Bex To The Future,” and the organizers' wink wouldn't be missed.
2. The location should be central in Frankfurt's city center.
3. We were looking for a catering-free event location that also has a large, private outdoor area for evening networking in a summer atmosphere.

Out of consideration for the guests' privacy, we only took a few photos, and we hope the atmosphere comes across as well as we remember it.

To the Product Launch Together with Douglas, to showcase Gisada's new fragrance Titanium, we created an experience with select Influencer designed. As a special guest Brand Ambassador and athlete Anthony Joshua also involved. 

The location, a selected Art gallery in Frankfurt, was completely transformed by us within one day. A spectacular lighting installation, in the form of a light choreography coordinated with the menu, created a special atmosphere. Additionally, a welcome sign in an elegant chrome look was created. 3D branding on the walls in the form of a quote and a signature completed the overall concept.

Sleek, dark, and mysterious. That's the vibe we were aiming for. What do you think, as an event and venue agency, did we succeed?