Brandlhuber+ . Christian Kerez . Muck Petzet Architekten . renders: © bloomimages
The commercial building is part of an ensemble with new and converted studio and office spaces in Berlin-Lichtenberg, situated on the banks of the river Spree. Between the 1920s and the 1940s, the site was the location of Berlin’s largest outdoor swimming pool, featuring water warmed with waste heat from the nearby Klingenberg thermal power station. Later on, the customs authority of the GDR was based there until 1990.
The shape of the building is determined by three givens: a roundabout, that was formerly used to facilitate the access of the property during the presence of the East German customs authority on the site, several trees that are worthy of protection, and the required distance to a listed adjacent building. Despite the different types of influencing factors—road planning, tree population, monument protection—the curved segments create a formal coherence.
_
Category Ongoing
Place Berlin
Year 2016 –
Use working, hosting
Collaboration Brandlhuber+ Christian Kerez, Muck Petzet Architekten
Team Aaron Barnsdorf, Gernot Baumann, Martin Binder, Adrian Fernandez, Thorsten Hansen, Jacob Holmqvist, Jonas Janke, Gabor Kocsis, Matthias Letzner, Janz Omerzu, Jonathan Schönberg, Naomi Steinhagen, Kristof Schlüßler, Kaat Volckaert, Anna Wisborg
