Sumit Singhal Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Schoenholzer 15/16 in Berlin, Germany by roedig . schop architekten
February 22nd, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: roedig . schop architekten
The building is located on the former border strip of the Berlin Wall, between Schoenholzer and Bernauer Strasse, occupying two lots dating back to the Wilhelmine era. The former „Postenweg“, which was part of the GDR border security system and is now open to the public, lies directly to the north of the plot.
In addition to the building’s residential usage, a large, street-level space of 110 column-free square meters and 5,50 meter height can be rented for rehearsals, performances, seminars and other events. It is fully equipped with all the necessary stage technology. With ist large foyer, it constitutes the heart of the building. An adjoining section hosts showers and locker rooms. On the second floor, a row of compact bedrooms provides overnight accommodation for guest artists and tourists alike.
The two top floors in the middle section of the building constitute a large shared maisonette apartment with a spacious communal roof terrace belonging to a shared living space. Some apartments have been sold by the builder to individual owners. An elevator provides direct access from the pavement to one of Berlin’s very few car-free underground parking spaces, where residents und guests can park and recharge their e-bikes.
A 99 meter deep geothermal system in the garden is combined with a CHP plant and a heat recovery system from the ventilated rooms. The environment-conscious vision of the builder includes intercommunication as well as cisterns in the garden and a greywater reprocessing and recycling system.
The buildings outer, southern facade with its big window openings, all featuring outdoor curtains, is exposed to the street as well as the sun. A system of full-width loggias – the so-called catwalks – separates the outer facade from the actual facade with its full length sliding windows.
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