st3am.berlin provides information about the ST3AM Working Space operated by WISTA Management GmbH in Berlin-Adlershof. Companies can lease offices, project rooms and makerspace areas for business use. No consumer products or services are sold on the site.
WISTA Management GmbH is a wholly owned company of the Federal State of Berlin. It therefore qualifies as a public sector body under:
•Directive (EU) 2016/2102 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies
•the Berlin Act on Accessible Information and Communication Technology (BIKTG Bln)
•the German Ordinance on Accessible Information Technology (BITV 2.0)
•The technical standard applied is WCAG 2.1, conformance level AA (as referenced in EN 301 549).
The website is largely accessible.
Semantic HTML: single H1 per page, logical heading order, and lang attributes for all language versions
Keyboard accessibility: skip-to-content link and clearly visible focus outline on all •interactive elements
•Conformant colour contrast (≥ 4.5 : 1) on text and icons
•Fully responsive layout and zoom support
•Optional OneTap Accessibility widget (font sizing, colour modes)
Hero video on the home page (ST3AM opening event, 23 Jan 2025) currently lacks captions, a transcript and audio description.
Road-map for Improvement
Publish HTML transcript and VTT caption track plus optional audio description for the hero video → 30 Sep 2025
Goal: Full WCAG 2.1 AA compliance once the video captions are live (target 30 September 2025).
Disproportionate Burden (Section 4(3) BIKTG Bln)
Area affected: Easy-to-read (plain-language) texts
Current state: No pages are currently available in plain language (German “Leichte Sprache”).
Reason: Much of the content is aimed at a professional audience and necessarily contains specialist terminology. Translating the entire corpus into plain language would impose disproportionate financial and staffing demands.
Measure: By 31 December 2025 we will publish plain-language versions of
•the company description,
•an overview of main projects, and
•the primary navigation elements.
Other pages will not be translated.
Automated testing with axe DevTools, WAVE and the OneTap live checker, plus manual keyboard and screen-reader (NVDA, VoiceOver) reviews. A full self-assessment is performed every June.
Please let us know if you encounter barriers. We will respond within five working days.
E-Mail: st3am-a(at)wista.de
If you have not received a satisfactory reply, you may contact the Berlin Commissioner for Digital Accessibility(Landesbeauftragte für digitale Barrierefreiheit Berlin): https://www.berlin.de/digitale-barrierefreiheit. This service is free of charge.
WISTA Management GmbH•Rudower Chaussee 17•12489 Berlin,Germany
