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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. The Garden in Berlin, Germany by Eike Becker_ArchitektenJune 14th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Eike Becker_Architekten Directly in the middle of Berlin the Residential District “The Garden” with owner-occupied as well as rented flats was completed in August 2016. Right across from the new headquarter of the German Secret Service a complex of buildings with 5 to 7 above-ground levels was built. 161 exquisite rented flats, 115 owner-occupied flats, 7 commercial units and 88 underground parking spaces find a place there now.  Image Courtesy © Jens Willebrand
 Image Courtesy © Jens Willebrand Spacious patios, cantilevered balconies as well as the wonderfully arranged city garden give “The Garden” its name. Calm courtyards and secluded, idyllic gardens provide greenery and create places of retreat. Plastic building structures and diverse intertwined facades shape the appearance of this design.  Image Courtesy © Jens Willebrand  Image Courtesy © Jens Willebrand The building complex was developed on Chausseestrasse, the oldest route between the center of Berlin and the district of Wedding, right where the former border area between West and East Berlin left a desolate, empty lot in the nineties. The concept for the site is based on forerunners from the nineteenth century. For example, Riehmer’s Hofgarten in the district of Kreuzberg and the Amelia Park in the district of Pankow are ensembles of magnificent residential buildings that cover a quarter or even half of an entire neighborhood, each with narrow pathways and green spaces that lead from one street to another.  Image Courtesy © Jens Willebrand  Image Courtesy © Jens Willebrand The attractiveness of The Garden is rooted in a similar design. Rising seven stories at their full height, the front buildings with office spaces and commercial areas and apartments along Chausseestrasse form a gate. A walkway leads from the opening between the two flat-topped towers, pointing toward the neo-Gothic chapel of the cemetery of the Cathedral Parish and passing three small, green inner courtyards.  Image Courtesy © Jens Willebrand  Image Courtesy © Eike Becker_Architekten  Image Courtesy © Eike Becker_Architekten  Image Courtesy © Eike Becker
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