berlin Projects 20 Created 09-Feb-11 By jonas norlin, oslo, Norway Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe Neue Nationalgalerie Slender - Bender Heinz Galinski Schule Am Kupfergraben 10 Mexico Embassy Fire and Police Station Chapel of Reconciliation The Snake 7 13 Stresemannstrasse Residential Building 14 Potsdamer Platz Office and Commercial Building 15 Photonic Centre 16 Science Center Medizintechnik 17 Berlin, Gnädinger en education, laboratorium 8 Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum 18 Berlin, Max Dudler library, university 9 Neues Museum 19 Berlin, David Chipperfield s museum, renovation 10 Philology Library 20 Berlin, Foster & Partners library, university 11 Berlin, Georg Bumiller housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ this page is part of Mi guide 'berlin' made by jonas norlin, oslo, Norway Parkside Apartments Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton s laboratorium, office, theme park Berlin, Reitermann and Sassenroth chapel 6 Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton s fire station, police station Berlin, Hans Kollhoff office Berlin, Teodoro González de León embassy, government 5 Berlin, David Chipperfield s exposition space, gallery 12 Berlin, Zaha Hadid s housing Berlin, Zvi Hecker education, primary school 4 Berlin, deadline - office for architectural services apartment, office Spree Bridge Bathing Ship Berlin, David Chipperfield s housing Berlin, Hans Düttmann atelier, exposition space, pavilion 3 Berlin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, AMP Arquitectos sport, swimming pool Berlin, Peter Eisenman memorial space, monument 2 Topography of Terror Documentation Center Berlin, Heinle, Wischer und Partner Freie Architekten archive, auditorium, education, information centre, library, meeting room, memorial space, urban plan 21 1
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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 Project is public! 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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 3
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 Project is public! 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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 4
photo: Regis Pennel photo: Kris Leenders KW Institute for Contemporary Art Auguststraße 69 10117 Berlin http://wwwkw-berlinde/ KW defines itself as "a laboratory for communicating and advancing contemporary cultural developments by means of exhibitions, workshops and resident artists' studios, as well as by collaborating with artists or other institutions and by commissioning works" The front on Auguststraße is occupied by a baroque "Stadtpalais" (city palace), a listed building from the second half of the 18th century Once passed the gateway, you discover a pleasant courtyard, often used for open air exhibitions and installations In the corner of the courtyard, the American artist Dan Graham added the Café Bravo pavilion (architecturally realized in collaboration with Johanne Nalbach) The glass and steel construction sets its surroundings in motion, playing a game of refraction, reflection and transparency At the rear of the courtyard is a late-19th-century margarine factory On a second courtyard behind the factory, the Berlin architect Hans Düttmann built a classical white cube exhibition hall photo: Kris Leenders Project is public! 9-1999 2000 m² Main designer, Artist Hans Düttmann Dan Graham Johanne Nalbach Kunst-Werke Berlin Kris_Leenders Tuesday - Sunday: 1200-1900 / Thursday 1200-2100 / admission: 6,00 euro take the subway U8 to Weinmeisterstraße or S-Bahn to Oranienburger Straße http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 5
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 Project is public! 2004 200 m² deadline - office for architectural services Britta Jürgens, Matthew Griffin Christian_Welzbacher photo: Klemens Ortmeyer http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 6
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! 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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 7
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 Project is public! 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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 8
photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Mexico Embassy Klingelhöferstrasse 3 10785 Berlin The project was the winner of a competition in 1997, where 8 architectural firms participated The building is located in the central part of Berlin, near the Tiergarten The intention was to create a building with an unmistakable image and unforgettable in the urban memory It gives a changeable image of solidity and transparency, with a dynamic effect depending on the position of the viewer It creates a monumentality, lightness and transparency game, that tries to express the Mexican reality photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Public access unknown! 2000 1100 m² Main designer, Structural engineer Teodoro González de León Francisco Serrano Cacho ASSMANN BERATEN + PLANEN Mexico Government MVar The Berlin metro (U-Bahn) to Wittenbergplatz, there south east to An der Urania (big avenue with a boulevard), and there north crossing the river on the left hand side in the first corner http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 9
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! 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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 10
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 Project is public! 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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 11
The Snake Paulstrasse 1 10557 Berlin This big housing project of the German government in the city centre of Berlin is a residential building for government employees The original main building of 300 metres length was built according to plans by Georg Bumillers Its ground plan has the shape of a wavy, serpentine line, like the one made by a snake In addition to this complex with 718 apartments, the site contains four apartment blocks by Urs Müller, Rhode & Wandert and, in the western part, a brick building dating from 1934 Further buildings include a new gymnasium, a power plant and a children's day centre, designed by GKK Partners Public access unknown! 1999 45000 m² Georg Bumiller Frankfurter Residential Society + German Non-Commercial Building Society pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 12
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 Project is public! 2004 240 m² Associate architect Artist AMP Arquitectos Gilbert Wilk Susanne Lorenz Stadtkunstprojekte ev http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 13
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! 2004 18300 m² David Chipperfield s IMMAGO Real AG pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 14
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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 15
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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 16
Photonic Centre Carl-Scheele-Strasse 16 12489 Berlin http://wwwadlershofde/indexphp?id=architektur0&l=14 The two buildings of the Photonic Centre are conceived as volumes with soft contours which create a strong identity within the existing rectilinear context and yet which do not challenge the gentle coherence of the site However, the sinuous forms of the buildings are at the same time a direct response to the requirements of the brief The laboratory building is a case study for the integration of architecture, construction and services It is built with an economical prefabricated concrete structure: the floor slabs are corrugated in section so that every point within the flexible plan can be serviced from above and below The plant rooms on the roof and in the basement are connected by risers along the central corridor The horizontal distribution is facilitated by prefabricated U-sections that span up to 10m, either to beams or directly through to the façade, where they are supported by paired columns The twin columns lend the external skin a certain depth and rhythm Public access unknown! 1998 11000 m² Sauerbruch Hutton s Wista management pkrajewski_pl Photonic Centre is situated in the Science and Technology Park The Adlershof By car: direction Flughafen Schönefeld; exit at Adlershof Public transport: bus no 260 departs from S-Bahn station Adlershof via airport Schönefeld to U-Bahn station Rudow For your departure from Adlershof use buses no 162, 163, 164 from Walter-Nernst-Straße or from Magnusstraße (BVG); S-Bahn from Adlershof station (S-Bahn Berlin GmbH); subway (U-Bahn) from Rudow station (BVG) More info on website http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 17
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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 18
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 Project is public! 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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 19
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 Project is public! 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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 20
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 Project is public! 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/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 21
photo: Timo Mecking photo: Timo Mecking Topography of Terror Documentation Center Niederkirchnerstraße 8 10963 Berlin http://wwwtopographiede/en Between 1933 and 1945, the central institutions of Nazi persecution and terror were located on the grounds of the present-day 'Topography of Terror', where nowadays various tours of this site provide the unique opportunity for a differentiated examination of Nazi policies of terror and their consequences up to the present Since 1987 a permanent exhibition has informed the public about this historic site After years of uncertain financial situation and public discussion a competition was held in 2006 The built proposal by Heinle, Wischer und Partner consists of a simple box-shaped structure which provides adequate and consigned space for an exhibition ground and conference rooms Translucent metal grid-façades provide an open view of the historic surrounding with its cautious and dunning landscape architecture and calm internal courtyard photo: Timo Mecking Project is public! 12-2009 5370 m² Main designer,, Interior architect Landscape architect Associate architect Heinle, Wischer und Partner Freie Architekten Prof Heinz W Hallmann Ursula Wilms Federal Republic of timo_mecking Open daily 10 am - 8 pm Closed on Dec 24th, 31st, Jan 1st Due to an event the documentation center will close at 545 pm on August 24th Admission free Information Phone 0049 30 254509-50 Fax 0049 30 254509-55 Appointments for guided tours Phone 0049 30 254509-70 Fax 0049 30 254509-77 Niederkirchnerstraße is located near Potsdamer Platz and is a five-minutes-walk from Undergroundstation and Trainstation S-Bahn: S1, S2, S25 Underground: U 2 Bus: 200, 347, M41, M48, M85, N 2 Train: RE3, RE4, RE5 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/berlin/ 22