Coordinates: 51°12′45″N 6°47′59″E / 51.2126267°N 6.7996479°E / 51.2126267; 6.7996479

Chaosdorf

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Chaos Computer Club Düsseldorf / Chaosdorf e.V.
Founded24 April 2001; 24 years ago (2001-04-24)[1]
FocusFree culture movement
Location
  • Sonnenstraße 58, Düsseldorf, Germany
CoordinatesLua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
MethodCryptoParties,[2][3][4] software development, street protests[5]
Members108[6]
AffiliationsChaos Computer Club, Free Software Foundation Europe, Freifunk Rheinland e.V.
Websitechaosdorf.de

Chaosdorf is a hackerspace operated by non-profit association (Eingetragener Verein) Chaos Computer Club Düsseldorf / Chaosdorf e.V. in the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. It is Düsseldorf’s Chaos Computer Club chapter.[7]

The association

[edit | edit source]

Chaosdorf is operated by non-profit association Chaos Computer Club Düsseldorf / Chaosdorf e.V. and is mainly financed by member fees and donations. A membership in the association is not required to take part in the mostly cost-free workshops and meetings.

The purpose of the association is the creation of an environment for adult education, modern information privacy and socializing between communities.

History

[edit | edit source]

Founding

[edit | edit source]

Chaosdorf was founded 24 April 2001.[1] Their first rooms were located on Fürstenwall 232 in Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt.[8]

Second hackerspace

[edit | edit source]
File:Chaosdorf Skizze Juni 2014.jpg
Sketch of the old Chaosdorf hackerspace on Hüttenstraße

After a lengthy renovation process[9] Chaosdorf moved into a new building on Hüttenstrasse[10] that used to be a "rather sketchy nightclub" in 2011.[7]

The space itself consists of four rooms: A large lounge-cum-hackerspace, a kitchen, a media room, and a workshop.[7][11] Chaosdorf owns different kinds of equipment to help members fulfilling their projects and offering services.[12]

Nationwide awareness

[edit | edit source]
File:IPad tile table in Chaosdorf, 2016.jpg
A tile table made of iPads.

Chaosdorf is known in the German hackerspace culture for organizing Easterhegg 2002 – the first Easterhegg event outside of Hamburg[13] – and OpenChaos: Hackerspace Design Patterns.[14]

It gained mainstream attention in 2013 for organizing a large-scale street protest in Cologne demanding net neutrality after Deutsche Telekom announced to throttle web traffic.[5]

Chaosdorf gained even more widespread mainstream attention after Der Spiegel published a story about its non-commercial in-house OwnBeer microbrewery.[15][7]

On 30 December 2013 Rheinische Post, a major German regional daily newspaper, published a two page feature about Chaosdorf.[10]

The hackerspace also supports friendly organizations such as Forum Freies Theater,[3] Free Software Foundation Europe,[16] Freifunk Rheinland e.V.,[17] and Sub-Etha[18] by providing room for meetings, storage for hardware, or infrastructure.

International awareness

[edit | edit source]

In October 2013 members of the technology online magazine Hack a Day published a story about Chaosdorf – their first visit in a German hackerspace.[7]

New hackerspace "Chaosdorf 4.0"

[edit | edit source]

In 2020 Chaosdorf moved to a bigger building on Sonnenstrasse.[19] The new space provides the following rooms: class room, electronic lab, wet lab, hackerspace, kitchen/lounge, and fab lab (Werkstatt).[20]

Renowned members

[edit | edit source]

Among the members of Chaosdorf are a few renowned people such as former member of parliament North Rhine-Westphalia Marc Olejak of the Pirate Party Germany,[21] visual artist Rachid Maazouz[10] and the security researchers Ilias Morad, Alexander Karl, and Martin Dessauer.[22][23]

[edit | edit source]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ a b c d e Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  12. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  13. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  14. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  15. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  16. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  17. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  18. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  19. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  20. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  21. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  22. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  23. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Chaosdorf&oldid=16053694"