Since the second half of the 19th century, the house can look back on an interesting and eventful history of construction and use: factory building, living quarters, DEFA headquarters, brush workshop with a Jewish family hiding place - these are just some of the past stations of Haus Schwarzenberg. It is also an integral part of the Spandauer Vorstadt area monument.

Today, the significance of the house is revealed above all in contrast to its neighborhood. Between Starbucks and high-end boutiques, there is still a place where small businesses, artists and cultural workers can work and survive. Behind this is the Schwarzenberg e.V. association, which provides them with space to work and has dedicated itself to them. It is also thanks to this association that the building, which had been left to decay during the reunification period, was saved and made usable: by investing its own financial resources and a great deal of time and energy, the association has laid the foundations for the current appearance and characteristic mixed use of Haus Schwarzenberg since the mid-1990s. In 2005, the house, which is now a listed building, was purchased at auction with funds from the federal government and the Lotto Foundation. The current usage concept and appearance of the house are to continue. verschrieben hat. Ihm ist es auch zu verdanken, dass das zu Wendezeiten dem Verfall überlassene Haus gerettet und nutzbar wurde: unter Aufwendung eigener finanzieller Mittel sowie jeder Menge Zeit und Kraft hat der Verein seit Mitte der 90er Jahre die Grundsteine für das heutige Erscheinungsbild und die charakteristische Mischnutzung von Haus Schwarzenberg gelegt. 2005 wurde das mittlerweile unter Denkmalschutz stehende Haus mit Geldern des Bundes und der Stiftung Lotto ersteigert. Das derzeitige Nutzungskonzept wie Erscheinungsbild des Hauses soll auch weiterhin Bestand haben.

The building at number 39 on Rosenthaler Straße stands out from the neighboring building ensembles of Hackesche Höfe and Rosenhöfe, and not just visually: Right in the center of commerce and tourist kitsch, there is a place that has retained its authentic character in two respects: As a testimony to German history and as a lively place of international creative subculture. Even in the narrow passageway to the first courtyard, visitors will discover the first traces of urban art and street art artists on the crumbling façade, who are attracted by the characteristic texture of the walls and façades. The Schwarzenberg e.V. association runs the neurotitan gallery and store in the rear building - a well-known address for anyone interested in painting, illustration, comics and urban art outside the mainstream. The audience is heterogeneous and international: in addition to night-time moviegoers and clubbers, many people interested in art and culture are drawn to the building, while in the mornings it is mainly school classes, youth and tourist groups who visit the permanent exhibitions in the building. They all enjoy the lively character of the courtyards guarded by metal creatures. In this way, the various facilities in the house benefit from each other by each attracting a new, atypical audience.