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1 Berlin Projects 40 Created 07-Jun-16 By yang shenglin, paris, France Jewish Museum Berlin Berlin, Daniel Libeskind museum Jewish Museum Berlin Glass Courtyard Topography of Terror Documentation Center Berlin, Heinle, Wischer und Partner Freie Architekten archive, auditorium, education, information centre, library, meeting Bauhaus archive room, memorial Berlin, space, urban plan Walter Gropius museum Bundeswehr Memorial Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin State Library 5 Sony Center 6 Reichstag 7 House of World Cultures Pariser Platz 3 14 Akademie der Künste Berlin 15 Marie Elisabeth Lüders Haus 16 Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum 17 Berlin, Max Dudler library, university 8 Neues Museum 18 Berlin, David Chipperfield s museum, renovation 9 Exhibition hall of the German Historical Museum 19 Berlin, IM Pei museum 10 Berlin Central Station 20 Berlin, Von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (GMP) train station 11 Berlin, Foster & Partners government Berlin, Stephan Braunfels education, government, library Berlin, Murphy-Jahn cinema, commercial space, dwellings, museum, office 13 Berlin, Behnisch Architekten education, exposition space Berlin, Hans Scharoun library Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe Berlin, Gehry Partners commercial space, housing, mixed-use development Berlin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum 4 Berlin, meck architekten memorial space, monument Berlin, Peter Eisenman memorial space, monument Berlin, Daniel Libeskind museum 3 Slender - Bender 21 Berlin, deadline - office for architectural services apartment, office 12 Berlin, Hugh Stubbins auditorium, congress centre, culture, music theatre, theatre Chapel of Reconciliation 22 Berlin, Reitermann and Sassenroth chapel 1

2 Philology Library Berlin, Foster & Partners library, university Crematorium in Berlin Spree Bridge Bathing Ship Bauhaus Building Transformer Station Page Memorial Hansaviertel Berliner Congress Center 27 GSW Headquarters 34 Mies van der Rohe Haus 35 Netherlands Embassy 36 Unité d'habitation Berlin 37 Berlin, Le Corbusier housing, social housing 28 Kino International 38 Berlin, Josef Kaiser cinema 29 Turmrestaurant Steglitz 39 Berlin, Ralf Schüler cafe, restaurant 30 ICC Berlin 40 Berlin, Ralf Schüler congress centre 31 Berlin, Hermann Henselmann congress centre Philharmonic hall Berlin, OMA - Rem Koolhaas embassy, housing Berlin, Alvar Aalto housing, mixed-use development, urban plan 26 Berlin, Zvi Hecker memorial space, monument 33 Berlin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum, private house Berlin, Dominique Perrault olympic stadium, sport 25 Berlin, AssmannSalomon energy centre Velodrom Galeries Lafayette Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton s office, renovation Dessau, Walter Gropius archive, auditorium, education, library, office, university 24 Berlin, AMP Arquitectos sport, swimming pool Berlin, Jean Nouvel commercial space, mall, shopping centre Berlin, Schultes Frank Architekten crematorium 23 Friedrichstrasse Checkpoint Charlie 41 Berlin, OMA - Rem Koolhaas housing 32 Berlin, Hans Scharoun culture, music theatre Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor 42 Berlin, Alvaro Siza Vieira housing 2

3 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 Client 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,

4 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 Client Daniel Libeskind Matthias Reese Jewish Museum Berlin pkrajewski_pl Monday: Tuesday - Sunday: Admittance will be granted until 1900 Tuesdays - Sundays, 2100 on Mondays 4

5 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 Floor area/size m² Main designer,, Interior architect Landscape architect Associate architect Client 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 5

6 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 6

7 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 Client 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 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 Client 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: 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 9

10 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 Client 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 10

11 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 Client 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; 11

12 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,

13 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 Client 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 13

14 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 14

15 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 15

16 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 Client Stephan Braunfels Bundesrepublik Deutschland pkrajewski_pl 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: 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 Client IM Pei German Historical Museum Daily 10 am - 6 pm The DHM will be closed 24 and 31 December 2008 rrutgers 19

20 Berlin Central Station Europaplatz Berlin Berlin Central Station (Berlin Hauptbahnhof) is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof The central design principle is the prominent emphasis of the existing railway tracks in the urban landscape Large filigree glass roofs as well as two bridging office buildings translate this principle with architectural means In the central area of the station cross, which rests on a building socle, the ceilings of all levels are equipped with large openings, allowing daylight to penetrate as far as the underground platform levels, simultaneously ensuring a clear spatial orientation Barrel vaults characterize the station hall located in a tunnel The columns of these 'vault tables' are all centrally located on the platforms respectively between the railway tracks The formal character of the cross vault ceilings in the north-south platform hall is also continued on the level above (text from website architects) Floor area/size m² Client Von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (GMP) Deutsche Bahn Group pkrajewski_pl 20

21 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 Floor area/size m² Client deadline - office for architectural services Britta Jürgens, Matthew Griffin Christian_Welzbacher photo: Klemens Ortmeyer 21

22 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

23 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 Client Foster & Partners Freie Universität Berlin christian_02 Monday - Friday 9:00-22:00 Uhr Saturday - Sunday 10:00-18:00 Uhr Subway U3 Thielstraße 23

24 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 24

25 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 Floor area/size m² Associate architect Artist Client AMP Arquitectos Gilbert Wilk Susanne Lorenz Stadtkunstprojekte ev 25

26 photo: Timo Mecking photo: Timo Mecking Bauhaus Building Gropiusallee Dessau The Bauhaus Building is one of the most famous architectural monument of modern architecture Designed by Walter Gropius it was erected in only thirteen months to provide ideal working space for the Bauhaus, that had to move from Weimar to Dessau The Building itself is a manifestation of the Bauhaus design philosophy Three different wings are determined for school, workshop, students housing and administration purposes The buildings curtain wall glass façades and the fact that the façades show no front/ back hierarchy were a revelation at the very beginning of modern architecture In 1945 the building has been damaged by bombs and was reconstructed 1975/76 Since 1996 the Bauhaus building in Dessau is registered as a World Heritage site photo: Timo Mecking Walter Gropius timo_mecking Building is open to the public from 10:00 to 18:00 For further information about current exhibitions please check The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation provides guest rooms inside the historical student housing For more information about staying at the Bauhaus please call / Dessau is located in Saxony-Anhalt, between the cities of Leipzig (52 km south) and Magdeburg (65 km north) and can be reached by train or highway A9 26

27 Transformer Station Thaerstrasse Berlin This transformer station in Berlin is part of a block concept with the switchyard from the Bewag on Eldenaer street Openings in the monolithic structure permit a view into the interior Despite the fact that the building has got a very distinct shape and colour, it relates to the height and proportions of its neighbouring buildings Project is not public! 1999 AssmannSalomon pkrajewski_pl 27

28 Velodrom Landsberger Allee Berlin At the time of the competition in 1992, Berlin was hoping to be selected as the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games, eventually held in Sydney The Velodrom and nearby swimming pool were indeed realised, although in watered down versions, modified to serve as multi-functional facilities The site, covering ten hectares, is situated in the eastern part of Berlin, where the boundaries of three city districts intersect The Velodrom has multiple uses: cycling, athletics, tennis, sports education, horseracing, concerts, etc It can accommodate spectators Floor area/size m² Client Dominique Perrault City of Berlin, represented by OSB Sportstättenbauten GmbH pato 28

29 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 Client 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 29

30 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 30

31 photo: Christian Beirle González photo: Christian Beirle González Berliner Congress Center Alexanderstraße Berlin In , the Haus des Lehrers ('House of Teachers') was built on Alexanderplatz, together with the accompanying Kongresshalle ('Congress Hall') Hermann Henselmann chose a box form for the 12-storey building, which was a typical solution for post-war, modern skyscraper architecture Influenced by contemporary Mexican murals, the building was given a monumental, multicoloured frieze by Walter Womacka The Congress Hall (now known as the bcc / Berliner Congress Center) is striking for its transparency, clear forms and many interesting architectural details The shiny aluminium dome can be seen from far away A wide view of the cityscape opens out from the foyer The combination of the bcc and the neighbouring House of Teachers forms a tense architectural ensemble on Alexanderplatz Berlin-based architect Kerk-Oliver Dahm has refurbished and modernized the building in 2004 (text from project's website) photo: Christian Beirle González Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Main designer, Hermann Henselmann Kerk-Oliver Dahm christian_02 U-Bahn and S-Bahn: Berlin Alexanderplatz 31

32 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) 32

33 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Galeries Lafayette Friedrichstrasse Berlin Known for his slick surfaces and shining facades, French architect Jean Nouvel has combined transparent and translucent surfaces in this department store, and so creates an unforgettable shopping experience on the corner of the Friedrichstrasse and Franzosischestrasse Once Berlin s fanciest shopping street Several glass cone-shaped volumes dominate the interior The main cone rises several stories upwards from street level to the top of the building A second, smaller, inverted cone drops from street level past two shopping levels and two parking levels underground Check out the satellite images on the map, to see the amount of cones in this building from above Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Client Jean Nouvel Arup Euro Projekt Entwicklungs GMBH NGHM photo: Naomi Schiphorst Monday - Saturday open, from 10 to 20:00 hr The building is block 207, between Franzosische Strasse and Mohrenstrasse Take the U-bahn to the Franzosische Strasse 33

34 photo: Thomas Bögl photo: Thomas Bögl GSW Headquarters Kochstrasse Berlin This is an extension to and renovation of a high rise slab It forms the extension to an office tower which was one of the first projects to be built during the reconstruction of Berlin in the 1950s One of the most exciting architectural projects of Berlin With a single building it answers to several complex urban planning questions The building not only combines the different urban scales and styles, but it is also able to transform them and melt them together to something completely new Floor area/size m² Client Sauerbruch Hutton s GSW Gemeinnützige Siedlungs- und Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Thomas_Boegl photo: Thomas Bögl You can visit the building, to make reservations visit the company's website: subway U-Bahn Line number 6 to Kochstrasse Or take bus M

35 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:

36 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 Client OMA - Rem Koolhaas Inside Outside Huygen Elwako Inside Outside OVI, Washinton DC Royal Haskoning Lensvelt Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs MI_MOA 36

37 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 37

38 photo: Kino International Karl-Marx Allee Berlin One of the remaining examples of socialist architecture on Karl-Marx Allee in Berlin is Kino International Designed by German architect Josef Kaiser and opened 15th november 1963, till 1989 the cinema functioned as DDR 'Premierenkino' The simple plan of the building is combination of two rectangles: 38x35m (ground floor) and 47x35 (first floor) It is a concrete steel construction covered by sandstone The front façade consists of the big glass surface suspended over the ground and closed by the side surfaces decorated with rich reliefs photo: mgglowacka Josef Kaiser mg_glowacka Monday-Sunday 38

39 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, Client 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 39

40 photo: Lukas Foljanty photo: Lukas Foljanty ICC Berlin Messedamm Berlin The Internationales Congress Centrum (ICC Berlin) is located in the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in western Berlin annexed to the Messe Berlin fairgrounds and the Funkturm Berlin (Radio Tower Berlin) With 320 meters length, 80 meters width and 40 meters height, 80 conference rooms with capacities ranging from 80 to 5000 seats, the ICC Berlin is one of the largest congress centers in the world It was opened in 1979 after only 4 years of construction With almost 1 billion Deutschmark, it was one of the most expensive buildings ever built in Berlin The design of the ICC Berlin is characterized by the 8 double stairwells on which the spatial roof support is borne by neoprene bearings The "house-in-house" design reduces the exterior noise (a major autobahn interchange is right next to the ICC) to a minimum The spatial roof has a polished aluminum facade photo: Lukas Foljanty Floor area/size m² Main designer, Ralf Schüler Ursulina Schüler-Witte Urbanty The lobby can be accessed publicly All other areas are restricted to congress participants S-Bahn: station Messe Nord/ICC Underground: line U2, station Kaiserdamm Busses: M49, X49, 104, 218, 349 Autobahn: exit ramp AS Messedamm 40

41 photo: Nazar Leskiw Friedrichstrasse Checkpoint Charlie Friedrichstraße Berlin The commission followed two competition entries OMA submitted to the Internationale Bauaustellung in 1981 The program includes 26 apartments which occur as three types: 1 Penthouses 2 Three floors of flats which are reached from a double-height gallery 3 Garden access maisonettes The apartments sit on a podium above the new checkpoint facilities for customs workers and Allied forces The building was completed shortly after the Berlin wall came down The site is in the baroque area of Friedrichstadt, which is now dominated by the architectural remains of the pre and postwar period, the Berlin wall and the Checkpoint (the East/West border crossing for non-residents) The project exploits the latent qualities of the site The building functions as a series of pavilions for border control which form a podium, with a 'Miethaus' on top photo: Nazar Leskiw 1990 OMA - Rem Koolhaas Nazar Take the Ubahn U2 or U6 either to Stadtmitte (and walk south along Friedrichstrasse) or to Kochstrasse (and walk north along Friedrichstrasse) The ground floor is open during shopping hours 41

42 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) 42