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1 berlin3 Projects 26 Created 04-Jun-14 By Tom Buzek, Czeladz, Poland Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe Lapidarium Slender - Bender Am Kupfergraben 10 Mexico Embassy Spree Bridge Bathing Ship Parkside Apartments Paul Löbe Haus Jewish Museum Berlin Glass Courtyard Akademie der Künste Berlin 14 Andel's Hotel Berlin 15 Dos Palillos 16 Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum 17 Berlin, Max Dudler library, university 8 Neues Museum 18 Berlin, David Chipperfield s museum, renovation 9 Philology Library 19 Berlin, Foster & Partners library, university Berlin, Stephan Braunfels government, office 7 Berlin, David Chipperfield s housing Berlin, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec restaurant Berlin, AMP Arquitectos sport, swimming pool 6 Berlin, Teodoro González de León embassy, government 13 Berlin, Jestico + Whiles bar, hotel, leisure, spa Berlin, David Chipperfield s exposition space, gallery 5 Berlin, deadline - office for architectural services apartment, office Pariser Platz 3 Berlin, Behnisch Architekten education, exposition space Berlin, Chestnutt Niess s sport 4 Berlin, Ruth Golan - Kay Zareh exposition space Hausburgviertel Gymnasium Berlin, Gehry Partners commercial space, housing, mixed-use development Berlin, Peter Eisenman memorial space, monument 3 12 Berlin, Daniel Libeskind museum Topography of Terror Documentation Center Berlin, Heinle, Wischer und Partner Freie Architekten archive, auditorium, education, information centre, library, meeting Bundeswehr Memorial room, memorial Berlin, space, urban plan meck architekten memorial space, monument Brunnenstrasse Berlin, Brandlhuber gallery, private house 1

2 Atelier Katharina Grosse Berlin, Augustin und Frank architekten atelier Remise Schlesische Strasse Sporthalle Dielingsgrund Atelier Huthmacher 26 Berlin, Augustin und Frank architekten atelier, office, private house 24 Berlin, Augustin und Frank architekten office 23 Memorial Visitors Center 27 Berlin, Mola + Winkelmüller cafe, information centre, museum 25 Berlin, Augustin und Frank architekten primary school, sport Tchoban Foundation - Museum for ural Drawing 28 Berlin, SPEECH museum 2

3 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 3

4 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 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 4

5 photo: Werner Huthmacher Hausburgviertel Gymnasium Otto-Ostrowski-Strasse Berlin In 19th-century Prussian industrial architecture, brick was the dominant material, and its red colour ensured that the halls of Berlin's main slaughterhouse complex were visible from afar Many structures on the site have now been demolished and the surviving listed buildings are being integrated into a new mixed-use quarter The former cattle hall, for example, has been converted into this gymnasium Compared with the original brick structure, the neo-modern cube of the new sports hall stands out clearly, dominated on the outside by horizontal wooden slats, made of larch The light falling through the slats into the interior creates a striking effect: the roof construction, spanning the hall in a single unsupported slab with integrated skylights and acoustic elements, appears to float The pine load-bearing structure is trussed with steel tie rods fixed in the centre of the hall by V-shaped brackets photo: Werner Huthmacher 2006 Structural engineer Chestnutt Niess s Eisenloffel, Sattler & Partners Federal State of Berlin Christian_Welzbacher S-Bahn stations 'Landsberger Allee' and 'Storkower Strasse' are nearby 5

6 photo: Klemens Ortmeyer photo: Klemens Ortmeyer Slender - Bender Hessische Strasse Berlin Slender/Bender is an attempt to reconcile conservative urban planning with contemporary architecture Bender is the renovation of an existing building, while Slender is a residential and office building addition The proud six-storey structure with its gently curved exterior is wrapped in stainless steel bands, dividing it into a three-part architectural sculpture Its broad façade, attached to the building like an outsized bay window, opens up with what for Berlin are unusually large windows Everything about the building is drawn out lengthways: rooms and open spaces are lined up like a long chain, visitors are kept constantly in motion, exploring the depths of the house, climbing the stretched stairway to the upper floors, the miniature roof garden, a suspended platform in the two-storey bedroom, a protruding balcony If Slender/Bender is about flowing spaces and dynamic outlines, then the building also seems to reflect deadline's creative ethos that owes to the AA in London m² deadline - office for architectural services Britta Jürgens, Matthew Griffin Christian_Welzbacher photo: Klemens Ortmeyer 6

7 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 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 7

8 photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Mexico Embassy Klingelhöferstrasse Berlin The project was the winner of a competition in 1997, where 8 architectural firms participated The building is located in the central part of Berlin, near the Tiergarten The intention was to create a building with an unmistakable image and unforgettable in the urban memory It gives a changeable image of solidity and transparency, with a dynamic effect depending on the position of the viewer It creates a monumentality, lightness and transparency game, that tries to express the Mexican reality photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Public access unknown! m² Main designer, Structural engineer Teodoro González de León Francisco Serrano Cacho ASSMANN BERATEN + PLANEN Mexico Government MVar The Berlin metro (U-Bahn) to Wittenbergplatz, there south east to An der Urania (big avenue with a boulevard), and there north crossing the river on the left hand side in the first corner 8

9 photo: Uwe Walter photo: Uwe Walter Spree Bridge Bathing Ship Am Flutgraben Berlin The floating swimming pool in the River Spree (Spreebad Mitte) contemplates re-cycling an old river barge, turning it into a bathing place for the people of Berlin The proposal has brought about a new social relationship between the city and the river, producing a re-activation of all this stretch of the banks of the Spree photo: Uwe Walter m² Associate architect Artist AMP Arquitectos Gilbert Wilk Susanne Lorenz Stadtkunstprojekte ev 9

10 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Parkside Apartments Am Park Berlin The Parkside Apartments are so named due to their exclusive location directly on the Tiergarten park in the centre of Berlin The 10 storey apartment building forms the northern border of a new hotel, office and residential development, namely Beisheim Center on Potsdamer Platz The building accommodates 36 apartments The high degree of flexibility in the design of the floor plans - spanning traditional to flowing room concepts forms the basis for all apartments, as does the constant presence of the surrounding green space All apartments have balconettes and generous loggias The 9th-floor apartments are maisonettes, the upper floors of which provide access to the roof terrace with its far-reaching views over the Tiergarten park and the city of Berlin Public facilities such as cafes, restaurants and shops are located on the ground floor The main entrance to the apartment block is located in the centre of these facilities (text from website architects) Project is not public! m² David Chipperfield s IMMAGO Real AG pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 10

11 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Paul Löbe Haus Paul-Löbe-Allee Berlin This building to the west of the river Spree is part of the 'government ribbon' It is connected to the Chancellery and together with the Marie-Elisabeth-Luders House on the opposite side of the Spree it forms a formal and functional whole The building contains more than 900 offices for the parliamentary deputies It's 200m long, 100m wide and 22m high It has the form of a double comb with eight outer courtyards The main entrance in the west is situated under a large imposing porch with four filigree columns A large glass-roofed hall with glass-enclosed elevators and transparent staircases are in the middle of the block The building is named after the last parliamentary president, until 1933, Paul Löbe (text from book 'Berlin-New ure') Public access unknown! m² Stephan Braunfels Bundesrepublik Deutschland pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 11

12 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski 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) photo: Piotr Krajewski 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 12

13 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 13

14 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 14

15 photo: Ales Jungmann photo: Ales Jungmann Andel's Hotel Berlin Landsberger Allee Berlin The 580-room andel's Hotel Berlin regenerates a powerful, redundant concrete shell in eastern Berlin's resurgent Prenzlauer Berg, some 20 minutes from central Berlin The building, originally designed by Studio Aldo Rossi as the mixed use 'Landsberger Arkaden' on Landsberger Allee, had stood unfinished and empty for a decade and a half since the fall of The Wall Its form is reminiscent of a classic four-sided castle enceinte, with a unique tower at each corner Bedrooms in the wings have either a 'city' or 'courtyard' aspect, with special suites located in the towers The vast lobby is a calm sea of white and stone, counter-pointed with flashes of acid colour with rich, tactile materials marking island lounge zones The conferencing facilities, amongst the largest in Berlin, accommodate a 600 sqm ballroom and a sq ft exhibition hall as well as meeting rooms The sky bar, in the crown of the tallest corner tower, has 360-degree views of the city photo: Ales Jungmann , Interior architect Jestico + Whiles Jestico UBM/Warimpex 24/7 15

16 photo: Paul Tahon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec photo: Paul Tahon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Dos Palillos Weinmeisterstraße Berlin Dos Palillos is the restaurant of the Casa Camper Hotel in Berlin Mitte It is a one of a kind culinary experience offered by Albert Raurich, el Bulli s former chef In order to celebrate his cuisine, the concept of the restaurant gives full means of expression to his culinary art The environment is articulated around one long wooden table and the stainless steel kitchen, one module facing the other Seating is located on different ground levels so that the guests are able to have a global experience, as if they were attending an artistic performance Throughout the project, the level of intervention is reduced to the utmost to let the scenery express itself Indeed, the space is voluntarily raw with very few elements and materials to sustain the idea that the legitimate sense of the space comes from the relation between the guests and the cuisine Large glass windows separate the space from the street, to invite people passing by to participate to the kitchen-show photo: Paul Tahon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Interior architect Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Casa Camper Naomi Call Casa Camper Hotel Berlin at: Tel: Weinmeisterstraße subway station is just a one-minute walk from Casa Camper The vibrant bars and restaurants of Hackescher Markt are within walking distance Museumsinsel with the Altes and Pergamon Museums is a short stroll from Casa Camper 16

17 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 17

18 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 18

19 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 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 19

20 photo: Timo Mecking photo: Timo Mecking Topography of Terror Documentation Center Niederkirchnerstraße Berlin Between 1933 and 1945, the central institutions of Nazi persecution and terror were located on the grounds of the present-day 'Topography of Terror', where nowadays various tours of this site provide the unique opportunity for a differentiated examination of Nazi policies of terror and their consequences up to the present Since 1987 a permanent exhibition has informed the public about this historic site After years of uncertain financial situation and public discussion a competition was held in 2006 The built proposal by Heinle, Wischer und Partner consists of a simple box-shaped structure which provides adequate and consigned space for an exhibition ground and conference rooms Translucent metal grid-façades provide an open view of the historic surrounding with its cautious and dunning landscape architecture and calm internal courtyard photo: Timo Mecking m² Main designer,, Interior architect Landscape architect Associate architect Heinle, Wischer und Partner Freie Architekten Prof Heinz W Hallmann Ursula Wilms Federal Republic of timo_mecking Open daily 10 am - 8 pm Closed on Dec 24th, 31st, Jan 1st Due to an event the documentation center will close at 545 pm on August 24th Admission free Information Phone Fax Appointments for guided tours Phone Fax Niederkirchnerstraße is located near Potsdamer Platz and is a five-minutes-walk from Undergroundstation and Trainstation S-Bahn: S1, S2, S25 Underground: U 2 Bus: 200, 347, M41, M48, M85, N 2 Train: RE3, RE4, RE5 20

21 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 21

22 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 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" 22

23 photo: Heji Shin photo: Werner Huthmacher Atelier Katharina Grosse Lehrter Strasse 57 D Berlin Home and studio of the artist katharina grosse Situated close to the main station of Berlin The outer walls are made of reinforced concrete with inside insulation photo: Werner Huthmacher Project is not public! m² Structural engineer Augustin und Frank architekten Pichler Ingenieure Katharina Grosse augustinundfrank 10 minutes walk from main station 23

24 photo: photo: Werner Huthmacher Remise Schlesische Strasse Schlesische Strasse 28 D Berlin Reuse and renovation of an heritage building from the end of the 19th century Project is not public! m² Structural engineer Augustin und Frank architekten Pichler Ingenieure Verwaltung Berliner Grundstücke GmbH augustinundfrank photo: Werner Huthmacher Subway station Schlesisches Tor 24

25 photo: Werner Huthmacher photo: Werner Huthmacher Sporthalle Dielingsgrund Dielingsgrund 35 D Berlin Energy renovation and reuse of a school sports hall from the 70s m² Structural engineer Augustin und Frank architekten Pichler Ingenieure Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg von Berlin augustinundfrank photo: Werner Huthmacher subway station Alt-Mariendorf 25

26 photo: Werner Huthmacher photo: Werner Huthmacher Atelier Huthmacher Goethestrasse 16 D Berlin Conversion of a former market hall and office building to house one studio photographers Project is not public! m² Structural engineer Augustin und Frank architekten Pichler Ingenieure Werner Huthmacher augustinundfrank photo: Werner Huthmacher S-Bahn Station Niederschöneweide 26

27 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Memorial Visitors Center Bernauer Straße Berlin At the Visitors Center located near the Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station you'll find information about everything the Berlin Wall Memorial has to offer You can also get an overview of the entire memorial grounds and receive information about other Berlin Wall sites in the city On the Visitor Center?s upper level, two short films are shown about the history of the Berlin Wall and the border system Many different special events are also held in the rooms on this level There is a specialized bookstore on the ground floor with literature about the history of the Berlin Wall and the division of Visitor terminals allow you to look up information about other Wall sites in Berlin and along the former Iron Curtain photo: Piotr Krajewski 2011 Mola + Winkelmüller pkrajewski_pl 27

28 photo: SPEECH photo: SPEECH Tchoban Foundation - Museum for ural Drawing Christinenstraße 18a Berlin The building is set on the Pfefferberg, the premises of a former brewery, located at Christinenstraße 18 in Prenzlauer Berg in the Berlin district of Pankow The new museum building, designed by SPEECH in Moscow, operated by the architects Sergei Tchoban and Sergei Kuznetsov, is conceived as a part of the "Pfefferberg" complex as a whole, and was not erected on an individually defined parcel of land The five-story building, executed in solid construction with basement, rises above a rectangular plan The building generates the impression of being constructed of drawings imprinted on the outer façade, at the same time resembling a stack of storage shelves The building's exposed concrete shell takes the form of a monolithic, windowless volume without joints With the exception of the topmost level, the entire structure is covered in reliefs generated by means of matrix formwork photo: SPEECH SPEECH OscarB, Mon - Fri: 2-7 pm, Sat & Sun: 1-5 pm 28