Jean Nouvel commercial space, mall, shopping centre. Von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (GMP) train station

Berlin Projects 30 Created 28-Jan-10 By Luca Trabattoni, Lodi, Italy Netherlands Embassy Berlin, OMA - Rem Koolhaas embassy, housing GSW Headquarters Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe Page Memorial Jewish Museum Berlin Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor Hausburgviertel Gymnasium Slender - Bender Heinz Galinski Schule 7 Fire and Police Station 14 Reichstag 15 Chapel of Reconciliation 16 Spree Bridge Bathing Ship 17 Berlin, AMP Arquitectos sport, swimming pool 8 AEG Turbinenfabrik 18 Berlin, Peter Behrens factory 9 Berlin Central Station 19 Berlin, Von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (GMP) train station 10 Parkside Apartments 20 Berlin, David Chipperfield s housing 11 Berlin, Zvi Hecker education, primary school Am Kupfergraben 10 Berlin, Reitermann and Sassenroth chapel Berlin, deadline - office for architectural services apartment, office 6 Berlin, Chestnutt Niess s sport 13 Berlin, Foster & Partners government Berlin, Alvaro Siza Vieira housing 5 Berlin, Daniel Libeskind museum Galeries Lafayette Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton s fire station, police station Berlin, Zvi Hecker memorial space, monument 4 Berlin, Peter Eisenman memorial space, monument Berlin, Jean Nouvel commercial space, mall, shopping centre Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton s office, renovation 3 Stresemannstrasse Residential Building 21 Berlin, Zaha Hadid s housing 12 Berlin, David Chipperfield s exposition space, gallery http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ Pariser Platz 3 22 Berlin, Gehry Partners commercial space, housing, mixed-use development 1

Philharmonic hall Berlin, Hans Scharoun culture, music theatre Potsdamer Platz Office and Commercial Building Delbrück-Haus 24 25 Mies van der Rohe Haus 28 Science Center Medizintechnik 29 Unité d'habitation Berlin 30 Berlin, Le Corbusier housing, social housing 26 Berlin, Walter Gropius museum Hansaviertel Berlin, Gnädinger en education, laboratorium Berlin, Hans Kollhoff office Bauhaus archive Berlin, Alvar Aalto housing, mixed-use development, urban plan Berlin, Hans Kollhoff office 23 Haus am Checkpoint Charlie 31 Berlin, Peter Eisenman housing, mixed-use development, museum 27 Berlin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum, private house http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ Quartier Schützenstrasse 32 Berlin, Aldo Rossi apartment 2

Netherlands Embassy Klosterstrasse 50 10179 Berlin http://wwwniederlandewebde/ 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 3-2003 8500 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 3

photo: Thomas Bögl photo: Thomas Bögl GSW Headquarters Kochstrasse 22 10969 Berlin http://wwwgswde/ 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 1999 48000 m² 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: http://wwwgswde/ subway U-Bahn Line number 6 to Kochstrasse Or take bus M29 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 4

photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1 10117 Berlin http://stiftung-denkmalde 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 5

photo: Michael Krueger photo: Michael Krueger Page Memorial Axel-Springer Strasse 50 10969 Berlin Many German synagogues were ransacked and more than two hundred of them were even burned down on Kristallnacht, November 9 1938 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 1996 550 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 6

photo: Jens Ziehe photo: Jens Ziehe Jewish Museum Berlin Lindenstraße 9-14 10969 Berlin http://wwwjuedisches-museum-berlinde/ 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 1999 15500 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, 248 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 7

photo: Brighdino photo: João Sousa Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor Schlesische Straße 1-8 10997 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! 10-1983 Alvaro Siza Vieira JMMM photo: Justien "Schlesisches Tor" - (Berlin U-Bahn) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 8

photo: Werner Huthmacher Hausburgviertel Gymnasium Otto-Ostrowski-Strasse 6 10249 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 9

photo: Klemens Ortmeyer photo: Klemens Ortmeyer Slender - Bender Hessische Strasse 5 10115 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 2004 200 m² deadline - office for architectural services Britta Jürgens, Matthew Griffin Christian_Welzbacher photo: Klemens Ortmeyer http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 10

photo: Michael Krueger photo: Michael Krueger Heinz Galinski Schule Waldschulallee 73 / 75 14055 Berlin http://wwwheinz-galinski-grundschulecidsnetde 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 9-1995 4800 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 11

photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen Am Kupfergraben 10 Am Kupfergraben 10 D - 10117 Berlin http://wwwcfa-berlincom/ 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 2007 2000 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 12

photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Galeries Lafayette Friedrichstrasse 76-78 10707 Berlin http://wwwlafayette-berlinde 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 1996 40000 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 13

photo: René Rutgers photo: René Rutgers Fire and Police Station Elisabeth-Abegg-Straße 2 10557 Berlin http://wwwberliner-feuerwehrde/tiergartenhtml This is a renovation and extension of a former Goods Yard Building The new station for the governmental police and fire departments is an extension to a free-standing 19th century structure which was originally part of the Prussian customs and tax authorities complex, close to the river Spree The single-banked rear wing of the building is used as a back-bone for the extension The space underneath the new building provides covered accommodation for the various vehicles, whilst the yard accommodates the necessary manoeuvres of the large fire engines As the building is set back considerably from the main road and lies approximately sic metres below street level, the visitor approaches the police station across a new foot-bridge (sauerbruch hutton) photo: Naomi Schiphorst Public access unknown! Floor area/size 7-2004 6850 m² Sauerbruch Hutton s City of Berlin Naomi You can call the station to ask if its possible to visit the building: 030/387 1700 105 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 14

photo: Viktor Ramos photo: Viktor Ramos Reichstag Platz der Republik 1 11011 Berlin http://wwwreichstagde/ 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)30 22 62 99 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; http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 15

Chapel of Reconciliation Bernauer Straße 4 10115 Berlin http://wwwkapelle-versoehnungde 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: 1000-1700 / Divine Service: Sunday 1000 / Devotion and prayer: Monday + Saturday 0730; Friday 1800; Saturday 1200 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 16

photo: Uwe Walter photo: Uwe Walter Spree Bridge Bathing Ship Am Flutgraben 12435 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 2004 240 m² Associate architect Artist AMP Arquitectos Gilbert Wilk Susanne Lorenz Stadtkunstprojekte ev http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 17

photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín AEG Turbinenfabrik Huttenstrasse 12-16 10553 Berlin Designed between 1908 and 1909 for the Allgemeine Elektricitäts Gesellschaft (AEG, a German electrical concern founded in 1883), the AEG Turbinenfabrik (Turbine Factory) was placed strategically at the southern edge of the factory complex along Huttenstrasse and Berlichingenstrasse, facing Berlin and the world as a show front of the prosperous industrial magnate Complying with such expectations and following his own ideological stance, Behrens built a magnificent iron and glass hybrid of two eminently classical temple traditions -the Greek and the Egyptian-, meant to glorify industrial might In accepting the challenge of designing his first industrial building, Behrens s concern was not to recast all of architecture in terms of industry and the machine, as was most often the case with the next generation of modern architects Rather, his concern was levating so dominant a societal force as the factory to the level of established cultural standard (text from ural World) photo: José F García Martín Project is not public! 1909 Structural engineer Peter Behrens Karl Bernhard AEG Jose_Garcia Bus M27 has a stop at nearby Reuchlinstrasse http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 18

Berlin Central Station Europaplatz 1 10559 Berlin http://wwwhbf-berlinde/ 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 2006 100000 m² Von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (GMP) Deutsche Bahn Group pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 19

Parkside Apartments Am Park 10785 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! Floor area/size 2004 18300 m² David Chipperfield s IMMAGO Real AG pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 20

Stresemannstrasse Residential Building Stresemannstrasse 105-109 10963 Berlin This is one of Zaha Hadid's projects which was realized before she became famous It was built in 1993-1994 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 21

photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Pariser Platz 3 Pariser Platz 3 20100 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 22

photo: Evan Chakroff photo: Dirk Verwoerd Philharmonic hall Herbert-von-Karajan-Str 1 10785 Berlin http://wwwberliner-philharmonikerde/en/ 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 (1960-63) 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)30254 88-156 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) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 23

Potsdamer Platz Office and Commercial Building Potsdamer Platz 10 10785 Berlin http://wwwpotsdamerplatzde The 18-storey building between Alte Potsdamer Strasse and the new city park was erected on a triangular shaped plot It is one of the three skyscrapers that form a gateway to Potsdamer Platz Like the Debis Tower, this building is faced with yellow-ocher terracotta bricks and glass elements The expressive roof over the main entrance and the glass corner construction which appears like the bow of a ship, are impressive (text from 'Berlin, New ure') Public access unknown! 2000 Hans Kollhoff Daimler Chrysler pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 24

Delbrück-Haus Potsdamer Platz 5 10785 Berlin This building is 69 metres high and borders the northern side of Potsdamer Platz It is built in the style of skyscrapers in big cities in the USA in the first half of the twentieth century Next to the building stands the very similar 'Ritz Carlton Berlin', designed by architects Himler+Sattler+Albrecht in 2004 (text from book 'Berlin - New architecture') Public access unknown! 2003 Hans Kollhoff pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 25

Bauhaus archive Klingelhöferstraße 14 10785 Berlin http://wwwbauhausde/english The Bauhaus Archive or the Museum of Design in Berlin deals with the research and presentation of the history and impact of the Bauhaus (1919-1933), 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 1976-79 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 26

Mies van der Rohe Haus Oberseestraße 60 13053 Berlin http://wwwmiesvanderrohehausde/ 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: 1300-1800 / Saturday & Sunday: 1400 1800 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 27

Hansaviertel Klopstockstraße 10 10555 Berlin http://wwwberlin-hansaviertelde/ 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 28

photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Lorant Szabo Science Center Medizintechnik Ebertstraße 15a 10117 Berlin http://wwwsciencecenter-medizintechnikde/ 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! 5-2009 Supplier Gnädinger en GIRA Otto Bock krull photo: Dirk Verwoerd http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 29

photo: Anna Armstrong photo: Anna Armstrong Unité d'habitation Berlin Flatowallee 16 14055 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 30

photo: Thomas Bögl Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Friedrichstrasse 43-45 10969 Berlin http://wwwmauer-museumcom/ Near the location of the Checkpoint Charlie guard house in Berlin is the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, a private museum opened in 1963, two years after the wall was erected The museum was augmented with a new building in the 1980s A number of apartments can be found in the complex as well It is the first building from Peter Eisenman in Berlin (text from Wikipedia) 1985 Peter Eisenman Thomas_Boegl photo: Nazar Leskiw All year round: 0900-2200 U-Bahn 6: Kochstrasse U-Bahn 2: Stadtmitte Bus M29 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 31

photo: Thomas Bögl photo: Nazar Leskiw Quartier Schützenstrasse Schützenstrasse 8 10117 Berlin Quartier Schützenstrasse consists of a classical Friedrichstadt block defined by the Schützenstrasse, Markgrafenstrasse, Zimmerstrasse, and Charlottenstrasse Aldo Rossi s used the historical urban structure of the division of land into small plots as his concept for Quartier Schützenstrasse The individualized houses signal individual plots but the total number of façades exceeds the number of houses standing independently of each other While two of the buildings are reserved exclusively for residential apartments the rest provide for a mixture of residential and commercial use The plan, inspired by the building blocks of 19th century Berlin, is organized around two large and two small interior courtyards that fill the block with light The Quartier Schützenstrasse is a collage of icons and archetypes with several obvious references to other Rossi buildings as well as historical references (text from wwwarcspacecom) photo: Nazar Leskiw Public access unknown! 1998 Aldo Rossi Thomas_Boegl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/luca_t/guides/berlin/ 32