CPA Berlin Projects 18 Created 14-Apr-16 By richard griffiths, London, United Kingdom Reichstag Berlin, Foster & Partners government Netherlands Embassy Embassy of the United Kingdom GSW Headquarters Slender - Bender Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Sony Center Tour Total Unité d'habitation Berlin Berlin, Le Corbusier housing, social housing The Schillerpark Settlement 12 Hansaviertel 13 Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum 14 Berlin, Max Dudler library, university 6 Akademie der Künste Berlin 15 Berlin, Behnisch Architekten education, exposition space 7 Jewish Museum Berlin 16 Berlin, Daniel Libeskind museum 8 Neue Nationalgalerie 17 Berlin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum 9 Berlin, Barkow Leibinger s office 5 Berlin, Murphy-Jahn cinema, commercial space, dwellings, museum, office 11 Berlin, Alvar Aalto housing, mixed-use development, urban plan Berlin, Stirling Wilford and Associates commercial space, office 4 Berlin, deadline - office for architectural services apartment, office Parkside Apartments Berlin, Bruno Taut housing, social housing Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton s office, renovation 3 Berlin, Michael Wilford & Partners embassy Berlin, David Chipperfield s housing Berlin, OMA - Rem Koolhaas embassy, housing 2 Bauhaus archive 18 Berlin, Walter Gropius museum 10 Fried rich stra ße Hotel 19 Berlin, Max Dudler hotel, office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 1
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 Client 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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 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 Client 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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 3
photo: Nazar Leskiw Embassy of the United Kingdom Wilhelmstrasse 71-72 10117 Berlin The British Embassy is located on Wilhelmstrasse, in the Pariser Platz area of Berlin, where all new buildings are subject to very strict planning guidelines It presents an open, contemporary and dignified frontage, whilst respecting the City's tradition of building massing, articulation and materials A ceremonial grand staircase leads from the entrance court to a wintergarden around which the public elements of the Embassy are organised These elements include a 200 seat conference room, the Ambassador's dining room and a library The wintergarden is used as a venue for Embassy events such as receptions, trade fairs and exhibitions photo: Nazar Leskiw 2000 Michael Wilford & Partners Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 4
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 Client 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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 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 Floor area/size 2004 200 m² Client deadline - office for architectural services Britta Jürgens, Matthew Griffin Christian_Welzbacher photo: Klemens Ortmeyer http://wwwmimoaeu/users/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 6
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 Client Stirling Wilford and Associates Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin wim Bus: M29 to Roseneck until Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, 3 minutes walk http://wwwmimoaeu/users/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 7
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 Client 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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 8
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Tour Total Jean-Monnet-Straße 2 10557 Berlin This tower with a rippling facade of faceted concrete piers is the new Berlin headquarters for French oil giant Total, designed by German architects Barkow Leibinger The 68-meter building consists of 18 floors including the entry level lobby and bistro, offices, and a technical floor Project is not public! 2012 Barkow Leibinger s Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 9
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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 10
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 Client David Chipperfield s IMMAGO Real AG pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 11
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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 12
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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 13
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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 14
photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Akademie der Künste Berlin Pariser Platz 4 10110 Berlin http://wwwadkde/ The new building for the Akademie der Künste in Berlin was built in 2005 by Behnisch Architekten The exterior regular steel and glass façade prelude to an amazing and glazed interior, made of steel and glass stairs which cross each other The building is used for exibition purposes and cultural events 2005 Behnisch Architekten Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 15
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 Client 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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 16
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 Client 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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 17
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/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 18
photo: Nazar Leskiw Fried rich stra ße Hotel Fried rich stra ße 29 10969 Berlin Eight-story building is located at Friedrichstraße in Berlin On the two lower floors offices are located The building represents the minimalist style of the Max Dudler 2003 Max Dudler Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/rgriffiths/guides/cpa%20berlin/ 19