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1 Berlin Projects 41 Created 15-Nov-16 By indre z, Vilnius, Lithuania Netherlands Embassy OMA - Rem Koolhaas embassy, housing Angel Root Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe Page Memorial Neue Nationalgalerie Jewish Museum Berlin Lapidarium Moabit Prison Historical Park KW Institute for Contemporary Art 8 Am Kupfergraben Sony Center 16 Reichstag 17 Exhibition hall of the German Historical Museum 18 IM Pei museum 9 Chapel of Reconciliation 19 Reitermann and Sassenroth chapel 10 Marie Elisabeth Lüders Haus 20 Stephan Braunfels education, government, library 11 Stresemannstrasse Residential Building 21 Zaha Hadid s housing 12 Hans Düttmann atelier, exposition space, pavilion Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor Foster & Partners government Glaßer und Dagenbach memorial space, park, penitentiary, play ground 7 Ruth Golan - Kay Zareh exposition space 14 Murphy-Jahn cinema, commercial space, dwellings, museum, office Daniel Libeskind museum 6 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum Heinz Galinski Schule David Chipperfield s exposition space, gallery Zvi Hecker memorial space, monument 5 Peter Eisenman memorial space, monument Zvi Hecker education, primary school Inside Outside embassy 4 Jewish Museum Berlin Glass Courtyard 22 Daniel Libeskind museum 13 Alvaro Siza Vieira housing Pariser Platz 3 23 Gehry Partners commercial space, housing, mixed-use development 1

2 Philharmonic hall Hans Scharoun culture, music theatre Akademie der Künste Berlin Bauhaus archive Großsiedlung Siemensstadt Ring settlement Crematorium in Berlin Mies van der Rohe Haus Science Center Medizintechnik 28 House of World Cultures 35 Unité d'habitation Berlin 36 Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin 37 Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum 38 Max Dudler library, university 29 Neues Museum 39 David Chipperfield s museum, renovation 30 Philology Library 40 Foster & Partners library, university 31 Turmrestaurant Steglitz 41 Ralf Schüler cafe, restaurant 32 Gnädinger en education, laboratorium Schlesisches Tor Kita Adolf Krischanitz bar, culture, gallery Alvar Aalto housing, mixed-use development, urban plan 27 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum, private house Hansaviertel 34 Le Corbusier housing, social housing Schultes Frank Architekten crematorium 26 Hans Scharoun housing, social housing Schlesisches Tor Social Centre Hugh Stubbins auditorium, congress centre, culture, music theatre, theatre Martin Wagner commercial space, mixed-use development, social housing, urban plan 25 Walter Gropius museum Weiße Stadt Alvaro Siza Vieira community centre Behnisch Architekten education, exposition space 24 Bundeswehr Memorial 42 meck architekten memorial space, monument 33 Alvaro Siza Vieira kindergarten Berlin State Library 43 Hans Scharoun library 2

3 Brunnenstrasse 9 44 Brandlhuber gallery, private house 3

4 Netherlands Embassy Klosterstrasse Berlin The new Dutch embassy is located in the Berlin-Mitte district, the earliest heart of the German capital, in-between the River Spree and the omnipresent TV tower on Alexanderplatz In 2005 OMA won the Mies van der Rohe Award for the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin: The jury felt that the embassy was a powerful reconceptualization of the notion of an embassy, a government agency, and a building block within a city OMA's refusal to either adapt to the city grid or create a monument, choosing instead to create a carefully formed fragment that leaves open the question of what the identity of a government or a country should be, was much appreciated It was also felt that the spiraling trajectory that winds its metal-clad way through the whole block while allowing carefully framed views of the neighbouring city, produced such a seductive series of spaces carried out with such a sophistication of materials and visual effects and so revealing of its context, that it should receive the prize Floor area/size m² Main designer, Interior architect Services engineer Cooperating designer Lighting designer Project manager Supplier OMA - Rem Koolhaas Inside Outside Huygen Elwako Inside Outside OVI, Washinton DC Royal Haskoning Lensvelt Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs MI_MOA 4

5 photo: Aura Luz Melis Angel Root Klosterstrasse Berlin Inside Outside designed the interior for the Dutch Ambassy in Berlin The requirements for lights and acoustics along the building s glass façades lead to a series of curtains In the multipurpose room are 2 large woven-to-size linens that respond to the required light and sound program, while emphasizing the connection and reflection of the exterior into the interior space The organic shape of the large scale image and the vivid colours (lime & cream; black & white), form a strong counterpart to the square aluminium building It was the first time Inside Outside sought had its own cloth produced, in collaboration with the Textile Museum in Tilburg (NL) It was in Holland that the design was woven in a classic jacquard technique, creating double-sided, damask linen The lime green refers to the spring leaves of the acacias in the adjacent park, the Angel Root to Holland s moist soil and vegetable garden tradition, the horizontal lines to Holland s flat and spacious horizons photo: Aura Luz Melis Interior architect, Landscape architect Inside Outside Aura_Luz_Melis Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs You can only visit the central entrance hall, and on some rare, pre-programmes days the whole building is open for the public There are no tours, nor exceptions made Real close to U and S bahn Alexanderplatz And even closer to U-bahn Klosterstrasse 5

6 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe Cora-Berliner-Strasse Berlin The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in the centre of Berlin is 's central Holocaust memorial site, a place for remembrance and commemoration of six million victims The Memorial consists of the Field of Stelae designed by architect Peter Eisenman and the underground Information Centre and is maintained by a Federal Foundation An interesting project which spreads over a huge area in the city centre Confusing, disturbing and playing with all senses photo: Dirk Verwoerd 2005 Peter Eisenman Stiftung Denkmal fur die ermordeten Juden Europas Thomas_Boegl The Field of Stelae is open to the public day and night and became one the tourists' magnets of the German Capital The Information Centre is open from 10 am to 8 pm (last entrance 715 pm, closed on Mondays) go to nearest subway station S-Bahn Unter den Linden 6

7 photo: Michael Krueger photo: Michael Krueger Page Memorial Axel-Springer Strasse Berlin Many German synagogues were ransacked and more than two hundred of them were even burned down on Kristallnacht, November Among them was the Synagogue on the Lindenstrasse in Berlin, that had been built by architects Cremer and Wolffenstein in 1881 This modest page memorial for the Lindenstrasse Synagogue by the Polish-Israeli architect Zvi Hecker brings back the memory and traces of Jewish life in Kreuzberg that had been erased completely for many years Hecker has done so by reconstructing the arrangement of benches that had once stood in the synagogue The focus on this element reinforces a sensation of absence of the synagogue and even more, the loss of its congregation Floor area/size m² Associate architect Artist Zvi Hecker Eyal Weizman Micha Ullman Barmer Ersatzkasse Berlin olivier_van_den_hoven photo: Michael Krueger unregular The memorial is located in the courtyard of the Barmer Erzatskasse Check the satellite images to see its exact location You can recognize the design clearly 7

8 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße Berlin The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), the 'temple of light and glass' designed by Mies van der Rohe, houses a collection of 20th century European painting and sculpture It s main exhibition spaces are below street level The building comprises almost 5,000 square metres of exhibition space and around 800 metres of wall space a surprisingly large capacity hidden half underground beneath the famous steel and glass construction The spacious glass hall at ground level lures the visitor inside, underneath the great black structural steel canopy Along with Mies Barcelona Pavilion, the Neue Nationalgalerie is considered one of the foremost examples of structural abstraction emblematic of the International Style photo: Dirk Verwoerd 1968 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Neue Nationalgalerie NGHM Mon closed Tue 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Wed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Thu 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Fri 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Sat 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Sun 10:00 am - 6:00 pm U-Bahn U2 (Potsdamer Platz) S-Bahn S1, S2, S25 (Potsdamer Platz) Bus M29 (Potsdamer Brücke); M41 (Potsdamer Platz Bhf / Voßstraße); M48 (Kulturforum); 200, 347 (Philharmonie) The Neue Nationalgalerie is south of the Tiergarten and west of Potsdamer Platz, next door to the Philharmonie 8

9 photo: Jens Ziehe photo: Jens Ziehe Jewish Museum Berlin Lindenstraße Berlin It is "like other museums, with white walls where pictures can be hung and objects exhibited" (Daniel Libeskind, 2000) The Jewish Museum Berlin is one of the most spectacular museum buildings in Since the beginning it has been a magnet for the public, attracting 350,000 people even as an empty shell before it opened in fall 2001 The architecture was undoubtedly the cause for this initial popularity Numerous views and opinions have been expressed on the Jewish Museum Berlin Whether visitors see Libeskind's new building as a "spectacular" or a "normal" museum, a deconstructivist masterpiece, a ground breaking creation, intellectuality in the form of a house, or even an exhibit in its own right? the architect placed great emphasis on people's perceptions of the building and these are formed anew day after day Floor area/size m² Daniel Libeskind Stiftung Juedisches Museum Berlin NiER photo: Wojtek Gurak Monday from 10 am to 10 pm Tuesday-Sunday from 10 am to 8 pm Admittance will be granted until 7 pm Tuesdays-Sundays, 9 pm on Mondays Take the subway: U1, U6 Hallesches Tor; U6 Kochstraße Or the Bus: M29, M41,

10 photo: Kris Leenders photo: Kris Leenders Lapidarium Schönhauser Allee Berlin At the end of the 1990's, the Jewish cemetery was in a bad condition, due to bombings during World War II and violation of graves The original plans of the cemetery buildings (architect Johann Hoeniger, 1892) were found in archives The Lapidarium has been built on the foundations and cellar of the original mourning hall, next to the entrance to the cemetery The street façade is closed, as an extension of the cemetery wall Only a small part of the façade is slightly set back and glazed, to give a glimpse into the exposition hall A horizontal elongated window band along the street symbolizes the Eternal Light The façade looking to the cemetery is entirely glazed The Lapidarium displays 64 gravestones, whose original location could not be determined Ten information panels explain the Jewish funeral rituals photo: Kris Leenders Floor area/size m² Ruth Golan - Kay Zareh Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin Kris_Leenders monday - thursday friday closed on Jewish holidays take the subway U2 to Senefelder Platz 10

11 photo: Kris Leenders photo: Kris Leenders Moabit Prison Historical Park Invalidenstraße Berlin The Moabit penitentiary, constructed in 1849, was demolished in 1958 The prison wall is restored The original size and star-shaped layout of the buildings is traced by a combination of elements Sloped lawns with concrete frames represent the prisoners' wings A walk-in concrete sculpture is a reproduction of one of the cells (it should contain a sound installation, which I couldn't hear or find) Paving stones in the lawns indicate the location of the courtyards The central point of surveillance is represented by a cubic 'panopticum' sculpture A cube of beech trees traces the administrative wing Towards the housing on Lehrter Straße, the lawn turn into woods, with play grounds and picnic tables The starkish design certainly does evoke the starkness and isolation of imprisonment, all the more since the park is never crowded (though I was there on a sunny Sunday afternoon, I never saw more then five people at a time) The project won the Deutsche Landschaftsarchitektur-Preis 2007 photo: Kris Leenders Floor area/size m² Landscape architect Glaßer und Dagenbach Bezirksamt Mitte von Berlin Kris_Leenders April - September: / October - March: take the train or the S-Bahn to Hauptbahnhof, situated just on the other side of Invalidenstraße 11

12 photo: Regis Pennel photo: Kris Leenders KW Institute for Contemporary Art Auguststraße Berlin KW defines itself as "a laboratory for communicating and advancing contemporary cultural developments by means of exhibitions, workshops and resident artists' studios, as well as by collaborating with artists or other institutions and by commissioning works" The front on Auguststraße is occupied by a baroque "Stadtpalais" (city palace), a listed building from the second half of the 18th century Once passed the gateway, you discover a pleasant courtyard, often used for open air exhibitions and installations In the corner of the courtyard, the American artist Dan Graham added the Café Bravo pavilion (architecturally realized in collaboration with Johanne Nalbach) The glass and steel construction sets its surroundings in motion, playing a game of refraction, reflection and transparency At the rear of the courtyard is a late-19th-century margarine factory On a second courtyard behind the factory, the Berlin architect Hans Düttmann built a classical white cube exhibition hall photo: Kris Leenders Floor area/size m² Main designer, Artist Hans Düttmann Dan Graham Johanne Nalbach Kunst-Werke Berlin Kris_Leenders Tuesday - Sunday: / Thursday / admission: 6,00 euro take the subway U8 to Weinmeisterstraße or S-Bahn to Oranienburger Straße 12

13 photo: Brighdino photo: João Sousa Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor Schlesische Straße Berlin International recognition came to Siza in 1980 with his design of the Schlesisches Tor (Bonjour Tristesse), a large public housing block in Berlin Many have read this project, Siza's first to be built abroad, as the embodiment of the "contextual" qualities of his architecture, seeing proof of Siza's trademark sensitivity to his surroundings in the rhythms of the windows, in the apartment block's evocation of the street's curve, and in the slit between the new and old buildings I prefer to see it as a mirror of the melancholia of urban life Now known by the name Bonjour Tristesse scrawled clandestinely on its facade, the Schlesisches Tor - with its outer wall of identically sized windows - is animated only by the abstract evocation of a horizontal line, broken by a small dip as the building encounters the sky - ruefully reminds us that architecture is not, after all, always a joyful reflection of contemporary living Project is not public! Alvaro Siza Vieira JMMM photo: Justien "Schlesisches Tor" - (Berlin U-Bahn) 13

14 photo: Michael Krueger photo: Michael Krueger Heinz Galinski Schule Waldschulallee 73 / Berlin In 1990 Polish-Israeli architect Zvi Hecker won the competition for a Jewish School in Berlin with a remarkable proposal The building was thought as an unfolding sunflower Its many curving walls and roofs conceal a fragmented world of classrooms, squares and corridors Hecker refers to the concept of the school becoming a city This project marked the start of a European chapter for the office because it has its permanent base in ever since photo: Michael Krueger Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Services engineer Structural engineer Associate architect Landscape designer Zvi Hecker Barbara Schmelz Gerhard Pichler Inken Baller Kamel Louafi Judische Gemeinde zu Berlin olivier_van_den_hoven You can only visit this project when making an appointment at forehand 14

15 photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen Am Kupfergraben 10 Am Kupfergraben 10 D Berlin Here on the Kupfergraben canal the intention was to build a modern building which incorporates, but doesn t replicate the past As an urban repair, the new building occupies the footprint of the preceding building (destroyed in the war), while at the same time developing a sculptural quality The façades are composed of brick masonry on reconstituted stone consoles with no visible expansion joints While solid, age-resistant materials characterise the exterior, the interior is defined by daylight and proportion Throughout the 4 storeys the floor plan varies depending on the formation of the volume and the window openings The gallery spaces are lit from the side, and interior folding shutters make it possible to reduce the amount of daylight In contrast to a museum, the intention is to create good spaces, where one can live, work, or show art - in a townhouse dedicated to the arts, where it is not isolated from the world, but directly related to the cultural heart of the city Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Structural engineer Services engineer Services engineer David Chipperfield s Dreßler Bau Ingenieurgruppe Bauen JMP Ingenieurgesellschaft KMS Beratungs- und Planungsgesellschaft Celine and Heiner Bastian David_Chipperfield photo: Christian Richters Tuesday - Friday 11 am 6 pm Saturday 11 am 4 pm The gallery is closed between Christmas and New Year's Day The gallery is directly opposite of Berlin s Museum Island Take the U/S-bahn to Friedrichstrasse or the S-bahn to Hackescher Markt 15

16 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Sony Center Potsdamer Platz Berlin In the reconstruction of Berlin, Sony Center stands for a new technical vision and order It is not a building, but a part of the city The spatial dynamics and variety is contrasted by a minimal and technological attitude Light, both natural and artificial, is the essence of the design Sony Center is luminous, not illuminated Façades and roof act as a fabric which moderates the natural and artificial light They become a screen With its characteristics of transparency, permeability to light, reflection and refraction, there is a constant change of images and effects during day and night Sony Center is a group of buildings for the new age of entertainment There is a serious effort for tailoring an architecture to the stimulating contemporary confusion of private and public space (s statement) photo: Dirk Verwoerd Floor area/size m² Murphy-Jahn Tishman Speyer Gmbh MVar By Bus and Train: Potsdamer Platz Subway Station (Line U2); Potsdamer Platz Elevated Train (S-Bahn) Station (Lines S1/S2/S25/S26); Bus Lines 148/200/248/348/N5/N52 By Car: A100, A113, A114; Underground parking garage entrance at Ben-Gurion-Straße and Bellevuestraße 16

17 photo: Viktor Ramos photo: Viktor Ramos Reichstag Platz der Republik Berlin Since 1999, the Bundestag has had its seat at the Reichstag Building in Berlin Built as a result of an architectural competition, the Reichstag was originally designed by Paul Wallot and completed in 1894 It is a bombastic building, with an overscaled above-ground basement level and four monumental facades During the night of 27 February 1933, the Reichstag was burned, destroying the interior and the dome which surmounted the building After further damage during the Second World War, a restoration of sorts was carried out between 1958 and 1972 After reunification, another architectural competition resulted in Foster and Partners being appointed to restore the building as a parliamentary center Foster removed the mezzanine floors inserted by Paul Baumgarten and added a new glass dome to the room, one of Berlin's much celebrated buildings and one primary tourist attraction of the city photo: Naomi Schiphorst 1999 Foster & Partners Deutscher Bunderstag boeboe The dome is open daily from 0800 to 2400 hrs (Last admission 2200 hrs) Entrance is at the west portal, right entrance (West B) The roof garden restaurant east of the dome is open daily from 0900 to 1630 hours and from 1830 to 2400 hours Visitors who have already reserved a table, can enter the building via the entrance below the west portal to the right (West C) Tables can be reserved by telephone on +49 (0) Guided tours are available, contact besucherdienst@bundestagde The German Bundestag (the Reichstag Building and the new buildings) can be easily reached on foot from the following stations and stops: Hauptbahnhof: Long-distance trains, regional trains, S-Bahn; Friedrichstraße: regional trains, S-Bahn, U-Bahn; Unter den Linden: S-Bahn; Reichstag/Bundestag: Bus routes 100, M 41; 17

18 photo: René Rutgers photo: René Rutgers Exhibition hall of the German Historical Museum Unter den Linden Berlin The extension, which took four years to complete, is a sparkling addition to the city s skyline With its dramatic, glass-walled spiral staircase, the new wing stands in sharp contrast to its neighbors, the neoclassical Altes Museum and Neue Wache, built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel Pei called on specialists from across Europe to help construct his design: an Irish team built a special supporting framework; parts of the complex staircase were shaped in the Netherlands; he combined French limestone with North American granite and Finnish glass In an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, Pei put his creation in context: "The architecture should seduce people to move through the whole building full of curiosity and pleasure I even want to tempt them to the top-most floor through ever more steps, new views" It s Pei s only project in Like the new glass cupola of Berlin s Reichstag by Norman Foster, the Pei wing is expected to attract tourists with its striking design Floor area/size m² photo: René Rutgers IM Pei German Historical Museum Daily 10 am - 6 pm The DHM will be closed 24 and 31 December 2008 rrutgers 18

19 Chapel of Reconciliation Bernauer Straße Berlin This oval shaped building is located on the plot of land where the Protestant Reconciliation Church, dating from 1894, used to stand before it was blown up in 1985 It was located on the so-called 'death strip' of the Berlin Wall The loam community building, which contains an organ loft and a single upper window, has an ambulatory added to the front Its façade is dominated by a lamella wall In the back part of the ambulatory, the foundation walls of the predecessing building are visible through a small opening in the ground The chapel's bells hang in the separate bellcote on Bernauer Strasse 2000 Reitermann and Sassenroth pkrajewski_pl Tuesday - Sunday: / Divine Service: Sunday 1000 / Devotion and prayer: Monday + Saturday 0730; Friday 1800; Saturday

20 Marie Elisabeth Lüders Haus Schiffbauerdamm Berlin The Marie ELisabeth Lüders Haus is situated on the eastern bank of the River Spree It creates a functional and formal unity with the Paul Löbe House on the western bank The two buildings are connected via a public footbridge The circled volume next to the river is used as the parliamentary library Besides this building, the parliamentary offices are located, as well as other scientific and academic services and offices Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Stephan Braunfels Bundesrepublik Deutschland pkrajewski_pl 20

21 Stresemannstrasse Residential Building Stresemannstrasse Berlin This is one of Zaha Hadid's projects which was realized before she became famous It was built in The structure is a residential building with an acute-angled corner on the corner of Stresemannstrasse and Dessauer Strasse Hadid designed oblique wall constructions which were shifted towards each other The eight-storey building is cladded with bronze, which results in changing light reflections Project is not public! 1994 Zaha Hadid s pkrajewski_pl 21

22 Jewish Museum Berlin Glass Courtyard Lindenstrasse Berlin This addition to the Jewish Museum in Berlin is located in the courtyard of the original building, which was built in 1735 The new building is inspired by the Sukkah huts that are used for gatherings during the Jewish festival of Sukkot The extension has a transparent glass roof and curtain walls that offer unobstructed views of the garden In the summer, sliding doors can be opened along the lower front elevation to transform the courtyard into an outdoor space Studio Daniel Libeskind worked together with Matthias Reese of Reese Architekten to complete the project (text from website architect) Floor area/size m² Associate architect Daniel Libeskind Matthias Reese Jewish Museum Berlin pkrajewski_pl Monday: Tuesday - Sunday: Admittance will be granted until 1900 Tuesdays - Sundays, 2100 on Mondays 22

23 photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Pariser Platz 3 Pariser Platz Berlin Pariser Platz 3 in Berlin is a mixed-use building comprised of the Berlin Headquarters of the DG Bank and a residential component with 39 apartments The commercial component of the building is oriented towards Pariser Platz and the Brandenburg Gate Its inner courtyard is covered by a conical glass structure The residential component is oriented towards the Behrenstrasse 2001 Gehry Partners Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio The interior hall of the DG Bank is open to the public 23

24 photo: Evan Chakroff photo: Dirk Verwoerd Philharmonic hall Herbert-von-Karajan-Str Berlin Wildly controversial at first, today universally regarded as an emblem of the city of Berlin: Hans Scharoun s Philharmonie In 1956 the architect s design won the competition for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra s new concert hall, but his modern, visionary conception also unleashed a great hubbub The building went up ( ) in the face of great resistance In the meantime, this concert hall with its unique architecture and acoustics has become a model for many others all over the world The Philharmonie can be visited even when no concert is taking place within its walls either virtually, online, or with a guided tour, on site (from website philharmoniker) photo: Dirk Verwoerd 1963 Hans Scharoun MI_MOA Guided tours of both the Philharmonic Hall and the Chamber Music Hall are offered daily (except 24, 25, 26 and 31 December and 1 January) Starting time: 1 pm Meeting point: Artist s entrance (Doorman of the Philharmonic Hall) Access across the parking lot Fees: 300, 200 (for students, unemployed, retired and disabled persons) Groups of more than 10 persons are asked to make a reservation by contacting: Tel +49 (0) tour@berliner-philharmonikerde with the U-Bahn: take line U2 to Potsdamer Platz or Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park stations with the S-Bahn: take lines S1, S2, S25, S26 to Potsdamer Platz by bus, directly to the Philharmonie: lines 200 (to Philharmonie), M48 (to Kulturforum); other bus lines (within a short walk): M29 (to Potsdamer Brücke), M41 (Potsdamer Platz) 24

25 photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Akademie der Künste Berlin Pariser Platz Berlin The new building for the Akademie der Künste in Berlin was built in 2005 by Behnisch Architekten The exterior regular steel and glass façade prelude to an amazing and glazed interior, made of steel and glass stairs which cross each other The building is used for exibition purposes and cultural events 2005 Behnisch Architekten Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio 25

26 Bauhaus archive Klingelhöferstraße Berlin The Bauhaus Archive or the Museum of Design in Berlin deals with the research and presentation of the history and impact of the Bauhaus ( ), the most important school of architecture, design, and art of the 20th century It is the most complete existing collection focused on the history of the school and all aspects of its work and is accessible to allthe museum building is a late work of Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus It was planned in 1964 for Darmstadt and was built in modified form in Berlin Today, its characteristic silhouette is one of Berlin's landmarks 1979 Walter Gropius pkrajewski_pl Wednesdays to Mondays, 10am - 5pm The museum is closed on Tuesdays On Tuesdays following public holidays the museum is open from 10am to 5pm Access by public transport: U-Bahn Nollendorfplatz Bus 100, M29, 187 und 106 Lützowplatz 26

27 Weiße Stadt Aroser Allee Berlin n_berlin/en/weltkulturerbe/siedlungen/weisse_stadtshtml White City is a metropolitan settlement with an open-plan internal structure, consisting of fringe buildings and rows of houses as well as intertwining green spaces At the time of construction, rationality and economic efficiency were the dominating aspects The dimensions of the development, but also of the buildings themselves, were determined on the basis of profitability calculations It was thus possible to pre-fabricate building components The multitude of facilities was unique: 25 decentralised shops, a children's home, a medical practice, a café, and a district heating station (which was pulled down at the end of the 1960s) with affiliated central laundry facilities were part of the settlement From 2008 "White City" is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of "Berlin Housing Estates of the 1920s" 1931 Main designer, Urban planner, Urban planner Associate architect Landscape designer Martin Wagner pkrajewski_pl Bruno Ahrends Otto Rudolf Salvisberg Wilhem Büning Friedrich Paulsen Ludwig Lesser Non-homestead society Primus Ltd 27

28 Großsiedlung Siemensstadt Ring settlement Geißlerpfad Berlin n_berlin/en/weltkulturerbe/siedlungen/siemensstadtshtml Siemensstadt Metropolitan settlement antedates the modern concept of a relaxed atmosphere in the city green surroundings even more strongly than "White City", which was built at the same time in Berlin, thereby pointing the way to the domestic construction after World War II Scharoun arranged the rows of houses strictly in a north-south direction The population of old trees was conserved, emphasising the countryside character of the settlement right from the beginning Despite its strict urban design, the settlement appears architecturally diversified It demonstrates the whole range of new architecture, ranging from Walter Gropius' cool functionalism to Scharoun's strictly differentiating style of design to Hugo Häring's organic variety of designs From 2008 the settlement is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of "Berlin Housing Estates of the 1920s" 1934 Main designer,, Urban planner Technical engineer Hans Scharoun pkrajewski_pl Fred Forbat Hugo Häring Walter Gropius Max Mengeringshausen Gemeinnützige Heimstättengesellschaft Primus mbh der Stadt Berlin 28

29 Crematorium in Berlin Kiefholzstrasse Berlin With up to 12,000 cremations a year carried out there, it was necessary to provide an appropriate setting for mourners as well The two functions -cremation and funeral ceremonies take place on separate floors of this monolithic exposed concrete structure Access to the building is via three recessed forecourts, which lead into the large central vestibule This square hall can accommodate up to 1,000 people and is spatially articulated by 29 monumental circular columns with so-called?light capitals? at their heads Supported only by cantilevered brackets at the tops of the columns, the rough concrete roof seems to hover over this space like a translucent canopy The lines of the climbing formwork to the walls create an ordering structure (text from detailde) 1999 Schultes Frank Architekten pkrajewski_pl 29

30 Mies van der Rohe Haus Oberseestraße Berlin This small and unassuming house on the shores of Lake Obersee is the last building designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe before his emigration to the USA After the War it was used by the Soviet army as a garage and later as a wash-house In 1977, East Berlin authorities declared it a historic monument In 1998, artist Günter Uecker installed an exhibition depicting the changes undergone by the house over the years Besides this permanent exhibition, the museum also shows temporary exhibitions of contemporary art (text from Home & Abroad) 1932 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe pkrajewski_pl Tuesday - Thursday: / Saturday & Sunday:

31 Hansaviertel Klopstockstraße Berlin The Hansaviertel is a small locality between the Tiergarten park and the Spree river within the central Mitte borough of Berlin It was almost completely destroyed during World War II, but was rebuilt from 1957 to 1961 as a housing estate project of international master architects like Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer etc, called Interbau 1957 (IBA 1957) The whole ensemble is now protected as a historic monument The quarter received its name for its streets named after Hansa cities, with the Hansaplatz in the centre This square contains a small shopping arcade, a library and the Grips-Theater The Hansaplatz subway station was already built in 1957, though the U9 line did not open before 1961 Some Gründerzeit buildings remained north of the Stadtbahn railway The Altonaer Straße, named after Altona, Hamburg, leads to the Victory Column Schloss Bellevue, the residence of the German President is nearby (text from Wikipedia) 1957 Main designer, Alvar Aalto Arne Jacobsen Egon Eiermann Godber Nissen Hans Scharoun Jacob Bakema Ludwig Lemmer Max Taut Oscar Niemeyer Pierre Vago Walter Gropius Werner Düttmann pkrajewski_pl 31

32 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Lorant Szabo Science Center Medizintechnik Ebertstraße 15a Berlin This organic and dynamic building is structured according to nature's principles, serving as a model for harmony between technology and humanity The façades consist of white bands wrapped around the structure, creating an open, friendly and easily accessible building Public access unknown! Supplier Gnädinger en GIRA Otto Bock krull photo: Dirk Verwoerd 32

33 photo: Vasco Cortez photo: Vasco Cortez Schlesisches Tor Kita Schlesische Straße Berlin This kindergarten is located next to the famous 'Bonjour Tristesse' building in Berlin Kreuzberg and was built in the same period Public access unknown! 1985 Alvaro Siza Vieira vortez photo: Vasco Cortez The building stands right in front of the exit of Schlesisches Tor Underground Station (U1) 33

34 photo: Vasco Cortez photo: Vasco Cortez Schlesisches Tor Social Centre Falckensteinstraße Berlin This building was built in the same period as the famous 'Bonjour Tristesse' building in Schlesisches Tor, Berlin Kreuzberg It's even located in the same block Unfortunately it is not well taken care of Project is not public! 1987 Alvaro Siza Vieira vortez photo: Vasco Cortez When you exit Underground Station 'Schlesiches Tor', you face the Schlesiche Straße right in front If you go straight ahead, the Falckensteinstraße is the first on the right (in the corner where the 'Bonjour Tristesse' building stands) A few metres ahead is the building at your right hand 34

35 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Christian Beirle González House of World Cultures John-Foster-Dulles-Allee Berlin The Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin is 's national centre for contemporary non-european art It presents art exhibitions, theater and dance performances, concerts, author readings, films and academic conferences on non-european art and culture The building is located in the Tiergarten park and a direct neighbour of the Carillon and the new German Chancellery It was formerly known as the Kongresshalle conference hall, a gift from the United States, designed in 1957 by the American architect Hugh Stubbins Jr as a part of the Interbau exhibition John F Kennedy spoke here during his June 1963 visit to West Berlin On May 21, 1980 the roof collapsed killing one and injuring numerous people The hall has been rebuilt in its original style and reopened in 1987 at the 750 years jubilee of Berlin To Berliners it is also known as the Schwangere Auster ("pregnant oyster") photo: Dirk Verwoerd 1957 Hugh Stubbins christian_02 Open: Mon - Sun 10 am - 7 pm (exhibitions Wed - Mon 11 am - 7 pm) Tickets and Infos: Mon Sun 10 am 7 pm Telephone (0) , info@hkwde Bus M41 or M85 or M100, S bahn: 5, 7, 9,

36 photo: Anna Armstrong photo: Anna Armstrong Unité d'habitation Berlin Flatowallee Berlin Le Corbusier designed several variations of the Unité d Habitation, the most famous of which is in Marseille, France All were derived from Le Corbusier s visionary 1922 city plan, known as Ville Contemporaine The plan envisioned massive residential blocks set in open green areas towers in parks, bringing light and air to the residents of urban housing The Unité type was most notable for its creation of internal streets and accommodation of social and communal functions: kindergartens, medical facilities, recreational spaces, all within the housing block The Berlin Unité lacks most of the amenities (save a shop and a post office on the ground floor), but is considered unique for its more generously-sized apartments It accommodates 530 units on 17 floors The internal streets here are oppressive, windowless corridors Still, the building is in quite good condition; its hilltop setting, iconic formal qualities, and polychromatic façades are very striking (text from Galinskycom) Public access unknown! 1957 Le Corbusier jeooren photo: Anna Armstrong 36

37 photo: Thomas Bögl photo: Thomas Bögl Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin Schlossplatz Berlin The Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin is a one-time project: at Schlossplatz, in the centre of the capital, it offers contemporary fine art - produced in Berlin - a platform for a period of two years Funded exclusively by private means, it supports Berlin s significant scene of international, contemporary art as a production site and showcase The exhibitions, of which guest curators are in charge, are made accessible to a broad, international audience through lively mediation formats A varied event program of talks, panel discussions, video screenings, and the Montags Bar make Adolf Krischanitz building a new cultural meeting place on the banks of the Spree With its program, the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin addresses relevant issues of our time and invites the audience to actively participate in cultural discussions It maintains a national and international network with culture, politics, and business, and is supported by strong partners (text from project's website) photo: Thomas Bögl 2009 Adolf Krischanitz Thomas_Boegl Daily: Saturday: S-Bahn: Hackescher Markt S and U Bahn: Alexanderplatz Bus 100, 200: Ams Lustgarten 37

38 photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Stefan Müller Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 1/ Berlin The Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum is the new central library of Humboldt University, located on the famous old boulevard Unter den Linden, near Museum Island and Brandenburg Gate It's the biggest freehand library in and contains 2 million books, all of them public accessible and not in closed depots Berlin-based Swiss architect Max Dudler won the competition, in which 277 architects participated, with a typical 'Berlin style' rationalist building Behind a strictly orthogonal façade, the visitor encounters the big reading hall, which refers to the terraces of the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis The space is illuminated by natural roof light and contains green desks and lamps with stone covers for 250 people, all designed by the architect The atmosphere of the hall breathes a similar spirit as the big library hall by Labrouste in Paris Most of the 1250 workstations are located directly at the façade with tremendous views over the city photo: Stefan Müller 2009 Max Dudler TicketB Monday - Friday: Saturday & Sunday: S-Bahn: Friedrichstraße Visits for groups can be booked by wwwticket-bde 38

39 photo: Thomas M Krüger photo: Achim Kleuker Neues Museum Bodestraße Berlin The Neues Museum (New Museum) in Berlin, part of the Unesco World Heritage Museum Island, was built by Andreas Schlüter in 1856 and heavily destroyed in World War II After 40 years being a ruin, it is now renovated in an extraordinary way by David Chipperfield About 4000 visitors a day are fascinated by the Nofretete (Nefertiti) bust, the Greek and Aegyptian collection and the respectful restoration of the only museum with an original interior of the German Historism in the 19th century The New Museum finally opened in 2009 The reconstruction is only a part of the general renewal of the Museum Island In 2010 David Chipperfield will add a contemporary entrance building: the James Simon Gallery Here will start the new underground 'archeologic pathway', which will connect the four museums with a distinct thematic approach to each institution The first new building in the neighbourhood of the island by Chipperfield was the 'Am Kupfergraben' art gallery photo: Achim Kleuker David Chipperfield s TicketB Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: ural guided tours by wwwticket-bde more info: service@smbmuseum phone: +49(0) U-Bahn: U6 Friedrichstraße; U8 Weinmeisterstraße S-Bahn: S1, S2, S25 Friedrichstraße; S5, S7, S75, S9 Hackescher Markt Straßenbahn: M1, 12 Am Kupfergraben; M2, M4, M5, M6 Hackescher Markt Bus: 147 Friedrichstraße; 100, 200 Lustgarten; TXL Staatsoper 39

40 photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Christian Beirle González Philology Library Habelschwerdter Allee Berlin The Philological Library is the newest component on the campus of the Free University of Berlin This library by Foster and Partners, built in 2005, is known as the Berlin Brain Norman Foster sheltered the stacks of the university library with a double-layered canopy that opens for natural ventilation The library has become the centerpiece of the university's Dahlem campus and a Berlin architectural landmark It holds 700,000 volumes The structure can be seen silhouetted on the canopy The canopy's glowing, flowing panels inspire movement-driven floorplan The overall blob shape results from an overall sense of place and movement This movement culminates a yellow epicenter, a passageway to the next building This building is about collective movement and transitions photo: Christian Beirle González Floor area/size m² Foster & Partners Freie Universität Berlin christian_02 Monday - Friday 9:00-22:00 Uhr Saturday - Sunday 10:00-18:00 Uhr Subway U3 Thielstraße 40

41 photo: Photographs of ure photo: Photographs of ure Turmrestaurant Steglitz Schloßstraße Berlin The Turmrestaurant Steglitz, also known as Bierpinsel (beer brush), is a 46 m high gastronomy tower in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin It has a shape resembling that of an observation tower - the original architectural idea was that of a tree shape It was built from 1972 to 1976 by Berlin-based architects Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte who later also designed the International Congress Center Berlin (ICC) The building has three floors usually equipped with restaurants and a night club The history of business usage is long and filled with bankruptcy featuring short periods of closing the building The location is very prominent at the metro station Schloßstraße (Palace street, the main street of Steglitz) and highway exit Filandastraße close to the Steglitzer Kreisel shopping center photo: Lukas Foljanty Floor area/size m² Main designer, Ralf Schüler Ursulina Schüler-Witte BEWOGE - Berliner Wohn- u Geschäftshaus GmbH Urbanty The tower is directly located at the underground station "Schloßstraße" (line U9) Multiple bus services 41

42 photo: Timo Mecking photo: Timo Mecking Bundeswehr Memorial Hildebrandstraße Berlin The Bundeswehr Memorial is the central site for commemoration of all members of the German Armed Forces who lost their lives in the course of their service for the Federal Republic of Prof Andreas Meck was responsible for the artistic concept of the building, which is a simple rectangular structure of prefabricated reinforced concrete elements, covered by a fine mantle of perforated bronze A sliding wall element permits the memorial to be closed either on the side facing the road or the parade ground of the Federal Ministry of Defence The semi-oval openings in the bronze shell are shaped in the form of identity discs that every soldier wears in duty The broken off half stands for every soldier who has died The perforations in the bronze mantle are arranged according to code based on the Morse alphabet, reproducing the oath every regular soldier or officer has given to the Federal Republic of photo: Timo Mecking meck architekten Federal Armed Forces timo_mecking Monday to Friday from 9:00 h to 18:00 h Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 10:00 h until 18:00 h Bus M29 to Hiroshimasteg or Bus 200 to Tiergartenstraße 42

43 photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Maarten Thewissen Berlin State Library Potsdamer Strasse Berlin The so called New State Library (Neue Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) located in the Kulturforum of Berlin is part of the institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz) and is one of the dependances of the State Library that has its main building in the street Unter den Linden The building in the Potsdamer Straße was built by the architect Hans Scharoun who had also designed the Philharmonie and the Chamber Music Hall at the Kulturforum In the year 1978 the new library building was opened to the public Soon, the building was well-known amongst others for its impressive reading room that also became one of the locations of Wim Wender s prize awarded film "Wings of Desire" ("Himmel über Berlin") photo: Maarten Thewissen 1978 Main designer, Hans Scharoun Edgar Wisniewski MI_MOA Monday - Friday hr Saturday hr Every third Saturday of a month there is a guided tour through the building of the New State Library at Kulturforum, whih takes 1,5hr and is free, no registration required Guided tours information: Tel +49 (30) and gen-und-schulungenhtml see also The Staatsbibliothek lies south of the Tiergarten and west of Potsdamer Platz Ubahn/Sbahn: S1, S2, U2 Station: Potsdamer Platz 43

44 photo: Michael Reisch photo: Michael Reisch Brunnenstrasse 9 Brunnenstrasse Berlin "Yet another building has sprung up in Mitte, this one housing studio space, a gallery (Koch Oberhuber Wolff), a magazine (032c), and the architects who planned and financed the structure Why should we care? Because Arno Brandlhuber's construction is not only pragmatically DIY - it's also gorgeous Reduced to the most basic elements, the design of this bare-bones space, built on the ruins of an abandoned real estate project, was governed by a tough-minded logic of simplicity Cheap, quick, rudimentary, and open, in the best sense This building is a retroactive manifesto for '90s-era hypercontextualism: Generated predominantly according to site-specific demands, it refuses to claim any one identity, effectively bewildering city agencies ad infinitum" Text by Jesko Fezer in Artforum Floor area/size m² Main designer, Artist Brandlhuber BOOM Markus Emde Mark Bain Arno Brandlhuber photo: Michael Reisch The gallery KOW Berlin is open from wednesday to sunday, 12:00-18:00 h web: 032c workshop has no regular opening hours web: The rest of the building is not public U8 subway station "Rosenthaler Platz" 44