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Location: Berlin, Germany
Architect: Murphy/Jahn Inc.
Client: Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG
General Contractor – Konsortium Kudamm 21 (general); Gotz GmbH (façade)
Consultants: IFB Dr. Braschel GmbH (structural); Werner Sobek Ingenieure GmbH (special structures); Brandi Consult GmbH (mechanical); Peter Walker and Partners (landscape); a-g Licht, AIK Expeditions Lumiere (lighting consultant), L-Plan Lichtplanung (lighting coordination)
Photographer: H.G. Esch Fotografie (horizontal); Christian Gahl Fotografie (vertical)
Situated on a prominent Berlin street, this retail center achieves urban scale without sacrificing pedestrian appeal. A broad passageway cut boldly through the building provides a succession of varied spaces within the block as well as urban linkages between surrounding streets and plazas. Double-glazed glass and steel on an exposed concrete frame form planes—walls, roofs, and projecting elements—that alternately reinforce and blur the building’s boundaries. The same theme is explored in changing displays of colored light throughout the building. The plan’s complex geometries are played up by pavement patterns that celebrate pedestrians’ angled journeys through the building.
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