Glaßer und Dagenbach memorial space, park, penitentiary, play ground

Berlin Projects 40 Created 22-Mar-12 By Paternostre Miguel, Brussels, Belgium The Britz Metropolitan Settlement Berlin, Bruno Taut housing Berlin State Library Brunnenstrasse 9 AEG Turbinenfabrik Jewish Museum Berlin Glass Courtyard Crematorium in Berlin Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum Philology Library 7 Netherlands Embassy Neue Nationalgalerie 14 Jewish Museum Berlin 15 Moabit Prison Historical Park 16 Page Memorial 17 Berlin, Zvi Hecker memorial space, monument 8 Tempelhof International Airport 18 Berlin, Ernst Sagebiel airport 9 Hausburgviertel Gymnasium 19 Berlin, Chestnutt Niess s sport 10 Heinz Galinski Schule 20 Berlin, Zvi Hecker education, primary school 11 Berlin, Foster & Partners library, university Berlin, Glaßer und Dagenbach memorial space, park, penitentiary, play ground Berlin, Max Dudler library, university 6 Berlin, Schultes Frank Architekten crematorium 13 Berlin, Daniel Libeskind museum Berlin, Reitermann and Sassenroth chapel 5 Berlin, Daniel Libeskind museum Chapel of Reconciliation Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe Berlin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum Berlin, Peter Behrens factory 4 Berlin, Brandlhuber gallery, private house Berlin, Peter Eisenman memorial space, monument Berlin, Hans Scharoun library 3 The Embassies of the Nordic Countries 21 Berlin, Berger+Parkkinen embassy 12 Berlin, OMA - Rem Koolhaas embassy, housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ Sony Center 22 Berlin, Murphy-Jahn cinema, commercial space, dwellings, museum, office 1

Reichstag Berlin, Foster & Partners government Exhibition hall of the German Historical Museum Philharmonic hall Potsdamer Platz Office and Commercial Building Mies van der Rohe Haus Wohnstadt Carl Legien Großsiedlung Siemensstadt Ring settlement 27 Velodrom Schlesisches Tor Social Centre 34 Schlesisches Tor Kita 35 Swiss Embassy Extension 36 House of World Cultures 37 Berlin, Hugh Stubbins auditorium, congress centre, culture, music theatre, theatre 28 Unité d'habitation Berlin 38 Berlin, Le Corbusier housing, social housing 29 Quartier Schützenstrasse 39 Berlin, Aldo Rossi apartment 30 Neues Museum 40 Berlin, David Chipperfield s museum, renovation 31 Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin 41 Berlin, Stirling Wilford and Associates commercial space, office Berlin, Hans Scharoun housing, social housing Berlin, Diener & Diener embassy Berlin, Bruno Taut housing, social housing 26 Berlin, Bruno Taut housing, social housing The Schillerpark Settlement 33 Berlin, Alvaro Siza Vieira kindergarten Berlin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum, private house 25 Berlin, Hans Kollhoff office Hansaviertel Berlin, Alvaro Siza Vieira community centre Berlin, Gehry Partners commercial space, housing, mixed-use development 24 Berlin, Hans Scharoun culture, music theatre Pariser Platz 3 Berlin, Alvar Aalto housing, mixed-use development, urban plan Berlin, IM Pei museum 23 32 Berlin, Dominique Perrault olympic stadium, sport http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ The Kreuzberg Tower 42 Berlin, John Hejduk housing, social housing 2

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 pkrajewski_pl Martin Wagner http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 3

photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Maarten Thewissen Berlin State Library Potsdamer Strasse 33 10785 Berlin http://staatsbibliothek-berlinde/ 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 900-2100hr Saturday 900-1700hr 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) 266-0 and http://staatsbibliothek-berlinde/service-und-benutzung/fuehrun gen-und-schulungenhtml see also http://wwwkulturforum-berlincom The Staatsbibliothek lies south of the Tiergarten and west of Potsdamer Platz Ubahn/Sbahn: S1, S2, U2 Station: Potsdamer Platz http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 4

photo: Michael Reisch photo: Michael Reisch Brunnenstrasse 9 Brunnenstrasse 9 10119 Berlin http://wwwkow-berlininfo "Yet another building has sprung up in Mitte, this one housing studio space, a gallery (Koch Oberhuber Wolff), a magazine (032c), and the architects who planned and financed the structure Why should we care? Because Arno Brandlhuber's construction is not only pragmatically DIY - it's also gorgeous Reduced to the most basic elements, the design of this bare-bones space, built on the ruins of an abandoned real estate project, was governed by a tough-minded logic of simplicity Cheap, quick, rudimentary, and open, in the best sense This building is a retroactive manifesto for '90s-era hypercontextualism: Generated predominantly according to site-specific demands, it refuses to claim any one identity, effectively bewildering city agencies ad infinitum" Text by Jesko Fezer in Artforum Floor area/size 1-2010 900 m² Main designer, Artist Brandlhuber BOOM Markus Emde Mark Bain Arno Brandlhuber photo: Michael Reisch The gallery KOW Berlin is open from wednesday to sunday, 12:00-18:00 h web: http://wwwkow-berlininfo 032c workshop has no regular opening hours web: http://032ccom/workshop/ The rest of the building is not public U8 subway station "Rosenthaler Platz" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 5

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 6

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 Daniel Libeskind Matthias Reese Jewish Museum Berlin pkrajewski_pl Monday: 1000-2200 Tuesday - Sunday: 1000-2000 Admittance will be granted until 1900 Tuesdays - Sundays, 2100 on Mondays http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 7

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 8

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 pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 9

photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Stefan Müller Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 1/3 10117 Berlin http://wwwubhu-berlinde/ueber-uns/standorte/jacob-undwilhelm-grimm-zentrum 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: 0800-0000 Saturday & Sunday: 1000-1800 S-Bahn: Friedrichstraße Visits for groups can be booked by wwwticket-bde http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 10

photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Christian Beirle González Philology Library Habelschwerdter Allee 45 14195 Berlin http://wwwfu-berlinde/en/info/indexhtml 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 9-2005 6290 m² Foster & Partners Freie Universität Berlin christian_02 Monday - Friday 9:00-22:00 Uhr Saturday - Sunday 10:00-18:00 Uhr Subway U3 Thielstraße http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 11

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 12

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 13

photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße 50 10785 Berlin http://wwwneue-nationalgaleriede/ 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 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 14

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 15

photo: Kris Leenders photo: Kris Leenders Moabit Prison Historical Park Invalidenstraße 54 10557 Berlin http://wwwmoabiter-ratschlagde/ The Moabit penitentiary, constructed in 1849, was demolished in 1958 The prison wall is restored The original size and star-shaped layout of the buildings is traced by a combination of elements Sloped lawns with concrete frames represent the prisoners' wings A walk-in concrete sculpture is a reproduction of one of the cells (it should contain a sound installation, which I couldn't hear or find) Paving stones in the lawns indicate the location of the courtyards The central point of surveillance is represented by a cubic 'panopticum' sculpture A cube of beech trees traces the administrative wing Towards the housing on Lehrter Straße, the lawn turn into woods, with play grounds and picnic tables The starkish design certainly does evoke the starkness and isolation of imprisonment, all the more since the park is never crowded (though I was there on a sunny Sunday afternoon, I never saw more then five people at a time) The project won the Deutsche Landschaftsarchitektur-Preis 2007 photo: Kris Leenders Floor area/size 10-2006 30000 m² Landscape architect Glaßer und Dagenbach Bezirksamt Mitte von Berlin Kris_Leenders April - September: 0800-2100 / October - March: 0800-1600 take the train or the S-Bahn to Hauptbahnhof, situated just on the other side of Invalidenstraße http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 16

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 17

photo: Kris Leenders photo: Günter Wicker (Photur) / Berliner Flughäfen Tempelhof International Airport Platz der Luftbrücke 5 12101 Berlin http://wwwberlin-airportde The airport was a part of Albert Speer's plan for the reconstruction of Berlin It turned out to be the largest built entity worldwide During the Soviet blockade in 1948/49, the Berlin Airlift operated from here, turning Tempelhof into a symbol of a free Berlin The 400 m long flight gate hall has no central supports The hangars directly join both sides of the hall, forming a curved building with a length of 1200 m The front is structured by staircase towers at intervals of 70 m The façade is clad with shell limestone panels, dominated by endless rows of windows So many times Tempelhof has made arriving in Berlin a thoroughly enjoyable experience for me Each time my plane taxied right up to the building and I could get out, sheltered from the weather by the huge canopy After a short walk through an amazingly simple and luminous hall, I found myself right in the heart of Berlin As of October 2008, when Tempelhof is due to close, arriving in Berlin will never be the same again photo: Kris Leenders Floor area/size 99-1941 284000 m² Ernst Sagebiel Reichsluftfahrtministerium Kris_Leenders 24/7 (the airport is set to shut in October 2008) take the plane (the subway U6 to Platz der Luftbrücke will do too) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 18

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 19

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 20

photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga The Embassies of the Nordic Countries Rauchstrasse 1 D-10787 Berlin http://wwwnordicembassiesorg Five Nordic countries = Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden decided to build their embassies together on one site The intention is to show the relation between ure and Nature in the North of Europe In the centre of the building there is an open Plaza, and as a symbol for the ocean connecting of all Nordic countries a waterbasin is cutting through the complex in a clear geometric form Al 5 buildings are enclosed by a 226m long copper band The house for joint activities is called Fælleshus a house for all, both for members of the embassies as well as for visitors and people from Berlin photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Floor area/size 1999 15551 m² Main designer, Project manager Lighting designer Services engineer Landscape designer Berger+Parkkinen 3XN PK Arkitektar Snøhetta VIIVA arkkitehtuuri Oy Wingårdh Arkitektkontor Drees & Sommer GmbH George Sexton Associates IGH Berlin Karsten Böcking Danish Ministry of Housing and Building Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs Iceland Government Engineering Contracts Norway Statsbygg Public Construction + Property Sweden Statens Fastighetsverk MVar The Felleshus / Pan Nordic Building of the Nordic Embassies is open daily to the general public Advance notification is not required You can obtain information from our Nordic staff members, have a look at a current Nordic exhibition, inform yourself about coming events in the Felleshus or pay a visit to the Nordic canteen Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Saturday Sunday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm S-Bahn: S3, S5, S7, S75 and S9: stop Zoologischer Garten, then bus 100 or 200 to stop "Nordische Botschaften" S-Bahn: S1, S2, S25: stop Potsdamer Platz, then bus 200 to stop "Nordische Botschaften" Bus 100, 200 or 187 to stop "Nordische Botschaften" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 21

photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Sony Center Potsdamer Platz Berlin http://wwwsonycenterde 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 2000 216737 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 22

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 23

photo: René Rutgers photo: René Rutgers Exhibition hall of the German Historical Museum Unter den Linden 2 10117 Berlin http://wwwdhmde/ 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 5-2003 4700 m² photo: René Rutgers IM Pei German Historical Museum Daily 10 am - 6 pm The DHM will be closed 24 and 31 December 2008 rrutgers http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 24

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 25

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 26

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 27

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 28

Wohnstadt Carl Legien Erich-Weinert-Straße 100 10439 Berlin http://wwwstadtentwicklungberlinde/denkmal/denkmale_i n_berlin/en/weltkulturerbe/siedlungen/carl_legienshtml The Carl Legien Housing Estate was named after the first chairman of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund [German General Trade Unions Association] founded in 1919Taut, placed emphasis on a concentrated multi-storey construction and designed a metropolitan settlement with fourto five-storey houses In exemplary fashion, he used the street grid from the Hobrecht plan to prove the superiority of his new architecture to the traditional urban tenement development, even on its own ground Taut designed rows of houses, fringes of blocks and garden spaces in a semi-open space arrangement The individual flats clearly orientate themselves away from the street and towards the back gardens crossing Erich-Weinert-Straße This is emphasised by the use of colour: the fronts facing the streets are painted a sunny yellow, which optically broadens the narrow streets, while the backyards form colour schemes of their own From 2008 settlement is on the UNESCO World Heritage List 1930 Main designer,, Landscape architect, Urban planner Bruno Taut pkrajewski_pl Franz Hilinger GEHAG Gemeinnützige Heimstätten-Spar- und Bau-AG http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 29

The Schillerpark Settlement Barfusstraße 1 13349 Berlin http://wwwstadtentwicklungberlinde/denkmal/denkmale_i n_berlin/en/weltkulturerbe/siedlungen/schillerparkshtml The Settlement was the first metropolitan housing project in Berlin during the Weimar Republic Taut's urban planning reflects modern Dutch architecture, particularly the work of Jakobus Johannes Pieter Oud His choice of materials also reflects the brick buildings of Amsterdam Colour as an element of design is predominantly restricted to the interior Instead, the design of the façades focuses on building materials and a spatial structure visible from the outside - such as a jamb floor without joints on which laundry facilities and drying rooms have been located A third flat, which juts out from the row of buildings with three flats per floor, provides for a particularly striking façade relief of the buildings that were constructed first Buildings erected at a later stage do not have this feature any more This reduction of shape, tending towards minimalism, not only reflects the contemporary architectural trend, but is also economically motivated From 2008 on the UNESCO List 1930 Main designer,, Urban planner Bruno Taut pkrajewski_pl Max Taut http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 30

Großsiedlung Siemensstadt Ring settlement Geißlerpfad 1 13627 Berlin http://wwwstadtentwicklungberlinde/denkmal/denkmale_i n_berlin/en/weltkulturerbe/siedlungen/siemensstadtshtml Siemensstadt Metropolitan settlement antedates the modern concept of a relaxed atmosphere in the city green surroundings even more strongly than "White City", which was built at the same time in Berlin, thereby pointing the way to the domestic construction after World War II Scharoun arranged the rows of houses strictly in a north-south direction The population of old trees was conserved, emphasising the countryside character of the settlement right from the beginning Despite its strict urban design, the settlement appears architecturally diversified It demonstrates the whole range of new architecture, ranging from Walter Gropius' cool functionalism to Scharoun's strictly differentiating style of design to Hugo Häring's organic variety of designs From 2008 the settlement is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of "Berlin Housing Estates of the 1920s" 1934 Main designer,, Urban planner Technical engineer Hans Scharoun pkrajewski_pl Fred Forbat Hugo Häring Walter Gropius Max Mengeringshausen Gemeinnützige Heimstättengesellschaft Primus mbh der Stadt Berlin http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 31

Velodrom Landsberger Allee 100 10249 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 11420 spectators Floor area/size 11-1999 100 m² Dominique Perrault City of Berlin, represented by OSB Sportstättenbauten GmbH pato http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 32

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 33

photo: Vasco Cortez photo: Vasco Cortez Schlesisches Tor Social Centre Falckensteinstraße 7 10997 Berlin This building was built in the same period as the famous 'Bonjour Tristesse' building in Schlesisches Tor, Berlin Kreuzberg It's even located in the same block Unfortunately it is not well taken care of Project is not public! 1987 Alvaro Siza Vieira vortez photo: Vasco Cortez When you exit Underground Station 'Schlesiches Tor', you face the Schlesiche Straße right in front If you go straight ahead, the Falckensteinstraße is the first on the right (in the corner where the 'Bonjour Tristesse' building stands) A few metres ahead is the building at your right hand http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 34

photo: Vasco Cortez photo: Vasco Cortez Schlesisches Tor Kita Schlesische Straße 3 10997 Berlin This kindergarten is located next to the famous 'Bonjour Tristesse' building in Berlin Kreuzberg and was built in the same period Public access unknown! 1985 Alvaro Siza Vieira vortez photo: Vasco Cortez The building stands right in front of the exit of Schlesisches Tor Underground Station (U1) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 35

photo: Nazar Leskiw Swiss Embassy Extension Otto-von-Bismarck-Allee 4A 10557 Berlin http://wwwedaadminch/eda/de/home/reps/eur/vdeu/em bberhtmlhtml The Swiss Embassy in Berlin was built in 1871 by Paul Baumgarten It is the only prewar building - apart from the Reichstag - that remains in the area The extension by Diener & Diener keeps the nineteenth-century building almost unchanged, enlarging it asymmetrically photo: Umschauen Public access unknown! 2000 Diener & Diener archviews http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 36

photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Christian Beirle González House of World Cultures John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin http://wwwhkwde/ 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 +49 - (0)30-39 78 71 75, info@hkwde Bus M41 or M85 or M100, S bahn: 5, 7, 9, 75 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 37

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 38

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/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 39

photo: Thomas M Krüger photo: Achim Kleuker Neues Museum Bodestraße 1-3 10178 Berlin http://wwwneues-museumde/ 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 10-2009 David Chipperfield s TicketB Monday: 1000-1800 Tuesday: 1000-1800 Wednesday: 1000-1800 Thursday: 1000-2000 Friday: 1000-2000 Saturday: 1000-2000 Sunday: 1000-1800 ural guided tours by wwwticket-bde more info: service@smbmuseum phone: +49(0)30 266 42-4242 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 40

photo: Willie Miller photo: Willie Miller Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin http://wwwwzbeu/ The WZB Wissenschaftszentrum was designed by James Stirling and Michael Wilford and completed in 1988 The WZB was the largest non-housing complex in the IBA (Internationale Bauausstellung) programme Stirling's concept was to create "a friendly, non-bureaucratic place" that looked more like a college than an office building The implementation of this idea took place in a complex of buildings grouped around the former Imperial Insurance Office by August Busse in 1894 The new buildings reference well known typologies including a hexagonal campanile, a long building with gallery and street facade, a Greek Stoa and a fortified castle They enclose a picturesque garden and are connected to each other by a system of axes The elevational treatment of the buildings is relatively uniform with alternating bands of terracotta and sky blue banding for each floor with windows hooded in red sandstone photo: Willie Miller Project is not public! 1988 Stirling Wilford and Associates Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin wim Bus: M29 to Roseneck until Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, 3 minutes walk http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 41

The Kreuzberg Tower Besselstrasse 5 10969 Berlin The Kreuzberg Tower was part of the 1987 International BauAufstellung (IBA) Program The German program continues to support innovative architecture and design through built and unbuilt projects In 1987 the IBA invited noted architects and designers to envision new low and middle income housing for West Berlin Hejduk's project is composed of a 14 story tower with two separate 5 story wings The neutral coloured tower and wings feature green geometric shapes attached to the façades These extrusions serve as balconies and sun shades for the low income housing units 1988 John Hejduk pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/paternostre/guides/berlin/ 42