Berlin (annex) Projects 7 Created 22-Mar-09 By Marta Skalska, Poznan, Poland Jewish Museum Berlin Glass Courtyard Daniel Libeskind museum Lennéstrasse Residential and Office Building Bauhaus archive 3 Crematorium in Berlin 6 The Britz Metropolitan Settlement 7 Bruno Taut housing 4 Walter Gropius museum The Konrad-Adenauer-House (CDU Headquarter) Schultes Frank Architekten crematorium Petzinka Pink Architekten housing, office 2 Science Center Medizintechnik 8 Gnädinger en education, laboratorium 5 Petzinka Pink Architekten government, office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/smyrti/guides/berlin%20%28annex%29/ 1
Jewish Museum Berlin Glass Courtyard Lindenstrasse 9 10969 Berlin http://wwwjmberlinde/ 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 9-2007 670 m² Associate architect Client Daniel Libeskind Matthias Reese Jewish Museum Berlin Monday: 1000-2200 Tuesday - Sunday: 1000-2000 Admittance will be granted until 1900 Tuesdays - Sundays, 2100 on Mondays http://wwwmimoaeu/users/smyrti/guides/berlin%20%28annex%29/ 2
Lennéstrasse Residential and Office Building Lennéstrasse 10 10785 Berlin This building is situated on the north-eastern corner of the so-called 'Lenne-Triangle' and takes a prominent position in the city between Potsdamer Platz and the Reichstag building Its fascinating transparent façade consists of two glass shells (text from book 'Berlin - New ure') Project is not public! 2004 Petzinka Pink Architekten http://wwwmimoaeu/users/smyrti/guides/berlin%20%28annex%29/ 3
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 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/smyrti/guides/berlin%20%28annex%29/ 4
The Konrad-Adenauer-House (CDU Headquarter) Klingelhöferstraße 8 10785 Berlin http://wwwcdude/en/3440_3475htm The Konrad-Adenauer-House is limited to a heigth of 18 m, as are the surrounding buildings Two upright attic floors highlight the corner block at the Lütkowplatz Only the ground floor of the office building spans across the entire reach of the plot boundary From above, it stands out as an elipse-formed body of construction From the first until the fourth floor, it is completely surrounded by a glass rhombus that takes up the entire plot boundary and encloses the structure with a winter gardenon the fifth and sixth floors, the structure grows out of its glass-made outer skin A roof garden was created on the north-western point of the sixth floor An apparatus was also installed on the roof that produces energy The wide front entrance leads visitors into the light-filled foyer The wide front entrance leads visitors into the light-filled foyer Floor area/size 5-2000 6944 m² Client Petzinka Pink Architekten House Association of the Christian Democratic Union of http://wwwmimoaeu/users/smyrti/guides/berlin%20%28annex%29/ 5
Crematorium in Berlin Kiefholzstrasse 221 12435 Berlin http://wwwkrematorium-berlinde/ 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/smyrti/guides/berlin%20%28annex%29/ 6
The Britz Metropolitan Settlement Fritz-Reuter-Allee 100 12359 Berlin http://wwwstadtentwicklungberlinde/denkmal/denkmale_i n_berlin/en/weltkulturerbe/siedlungen/britzshtml The Britz Metropolitan Settlement for 5,000 people was erected from 1925 onwards on the premises of the former Britz Manor Taut integrated architecture and topography, not only with the horseshoe surrounding a glacial pond that gave the settlement its name He used asymmetries and a staggered arrangement of the blocks of buildings as his defining urbanism principlethree-storey buildings of flats frame lower two-storey rows of individual houses This frame, with its "red front", appears almost rugged along Fritz-Reuter-Allee, a provocative demarcation from the neighbouring Eierteich Settlement with its traditionalistic design Upon protests from Conservative members of parliament, the magistrate had taken these premises out of Taut's area of planning and assigned them to DeGeWo That is why construction phases 3 and 5, with their rows of houses on Buschkrugallee and Parchimer Allee, are situated apart from the rest of the Horseshoe Settlement From 2008 on Unesco heritage list 1930 Main designer,, Landscape architect, Urban planner, Urban planner Bruno Taut Martin Wagner http://wwwmimoaeu/users/smyrti/guides/berlin%20%28annex%29/ 7
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 Client Gnädinger en GIRA Otto Bock krull photo: Dirk Verwoerd http://wwwmimoaeu/users/smyrti/guides/berlin%20%28annex%29/ 8