Berlin.Projects. Netherlands Embassy Berlin, Germany OMA - Rem Koolhaas embassy, housing. Sony Center. Reichstag

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1 Berlin Projects 10 Created 06-Dec-12 By Paolo Catrambone, Torino, Italy Netherlands Embassy OMA - Rem Koolhaas embassy, housing Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe Jewish Museum Berlin 3 4 Galeries Lafayette 7 Reichstag 8 Chapel of Reconciliation 9 Reitermann and Sassenroth chapel 5 David Chipperfield s exposition space, gallery Sony Center Foster & Partners government Daniel Libeskind museum Am Kupfergraben 10 Murphy-Jahn cinema, commercial space, dwellings, museum, office Peter Eisenman memorial space, monument 2 Pariser Platz 3 10 Gehry Partners commercial space, housing, mixed-use development 6 Jean Nouvel commercial space, mall, shopping centre Neues Museum 11 David Chipperfield s museum, renovation 1

2 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 2

3 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 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: 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,

5 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 5

6 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 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 6

7 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) 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 7

8 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; 8

9 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

10 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 10

11 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 11