Hilmer Sattler Architekten Ahlers Albrecht
High Park
best architects 21
multi-family homes
Place
Berlin, Germany
Studio
Photos
Stefan Müller
Description
The
building is situated in the Potsdamer Platz area of Berlin and forms the
southern end of the development along Köthener Straße. It contains commercial
units on the ground floor, above these a hotel and a total of 165 apartments on
the upper floors.
The Mendelssohn Bartholdy Park underground station, which is largely supported
by pillars, is located on the eastern half of the property and bends from south
to north in a slight curve. The station is covered with a 20-metre high building
podium. To the west of it – almost parallel to the existing underground station – is the route for the
future S-Bahn line 21. Thus, the building structure on the lower floors is «intersected» by the aforementioned
routes on a north-south axis.
The new development is divided into the following sections:
Above the building podium that defines the street space, the building dissolves
into three separate structural elements. Two tower-like structures on the side
of the Gabriele-Tergit promenade and a bar-like structure along Köthener Straße
frame the shared, landscaped «garden level» above the fourth floor. A three-sided colonnade
connects the three structures with each other and contains the main entrances to
the residential units.