Moving grid. New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten
17/03/2020.
[Prenzlauer Berg - Berlin] Germany
metalocus, HAMZA AYADI
metalocus, HAMZA AYADI
This new office building is designed by Tchoban Voss Architekten in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, part of the Pankow district, in northeast Berlin.
Prenzlauer Berg is a traditional bohemian neighborhood, which has undergone many changes after the fall of the wall of Berlin; being a neighborhood where young professionals and wealthy families reside.
Prenzlauer Berg is a traditional bohemian neighborhood, which has undergone many changes after the fall of the wall of Berlin; being a neighborhood where young professionals and wealthy families reside.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten. Photograph by Roland Halbe.
Site plan. New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten.
Ground floor plan. New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten.
Standard floor plan. New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten.
Section 1. New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten.
Section 2. New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten.
Section 3. New construction of an office building by Tchoban Voss Architekten.
For this office building, the Tchoban Voss Architekten studio starts from corner site between two large streets, one of them being a main street through which the tram runs.
To give solution to this project, they are based on the architecture of the area, in which the old constructions predominate, mostly sanitized, with stuccoed facades, large interior courtyards and between four and five floors, typical of the beginning of german industrialization.
Tchoban Voss Architekten offer a squared facade of lightweight reinforced concrete with large windows as a light entry, maintaining the grid of nearby buildings. At the same time, it highlights the sensation of movement offered by the horizontal and vertical façade lines, with an organic shape that breaks with the monotony of the surroundings.
On the other hand the building has a large inner courtyard as a separation with the adjoining buildings. Finally, take advantage of the underground plants to create parking for users and the roof to generate a series of terraces set back on the facade.
To give solution to this project, they are based on the architecture of the area, in which the old constructions predominate, mostly sanitized, with stuccoed facades, large interior courtyards and between four and five floors, typical of the beginning of german industrialization.
Tchoban Voss Architekten offer a squared facade of lightweight reinforced concrete with large windows as a light entry, maintaining the grid of nearby buildings. At the same time, it highlights the sensation of movement offered by the horizontal and vertical façade lines, with an organic shape that breaks with the monotony of the surroundings.
On the other hand the building has a large inner courtyard as a separation with the adjoining buildings. Finally, take advantage of the underground plants to create parking for users and the roof to generate a series of terraces set back on the facade.
Description of project by Tchoban Voss Architekten
On the 464 m² corner site between Greifswalder Str. and Heinrich-Roller-Str. in the Berlin district of Pankow, Prenzlauer Berg, an office building was created whose expressive, lively main façade with its floor-to-ceiling, square grid structure of light architectural concrete prefabricated parts immediately strikes the eye.
The structure comprises six full storeys, which can be used per rental unit as flexible combinations of open-plan offices, individual offices, conference and meeting rooms as well as coworking spaces. On the ground floor there is an office unit with meeting areas and open-space workplaces. The top floor is set back by approx. 1.60m on the street side. The roof area, which is accessed via the 5th floor, is greened and partly designed as a roof terrace. The basement is intended for parking spaces for cars, bicycles and technical rooms.
The new building, which is used as a modern office business centre, follows the line of the building on the street side and connects to the fire walls of the neighbouring buildings while maintaining the spacing in the courtyard and exploiting the maximum building depth. All new building parts have flat roofs.
The street facade on the ground floor consists of large-format insulating glazing in mullion-transom construction. From the first to the fourth upper floor, the facade is constructed in a square grid of architectural concrete. The slightly twisted pillars and floor slab strips meet alternately at either a high or low point and form a coherent, dynamic, organic-flowing structure. At the high points of the grid structure, the facade protrudes 50cm above the building line. The inner courtyard facades were realized as plaster facades with circumferential window bands with metal railings. The roof area with its restrained glass facade forms the clear, calm end of the building.
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Studio
Architects
Sergei Tchoban, Axel Binder and Liza Gradinarova.
Collaborators
Project management: M.F.P.N. Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG.- Structural engineering: Ingenieurbüro Bendel Bradke & Lang GmbH.- Building equipment: PlanB - Beratende Ingenieure GmbH.- Shell: Mastiok Bau GmbH.- Facade, concrete parts: GBJ Geithner Betonmanufaktur Joachimsthal GmbH.- Planning details facade: IBF Ingenieurbüro Franke.- Windows: Hans Timm Fensterbau GmbH & Co. KG.- Metal construction: Metallbau Holger Gottschalk.- Ventilation system: ST Gebäudetechnik GmbH.- Heating, sanitation: WES GmbH.- Elevators: Schindler Aufzüge und Fahrtreppen GmbH.- Car elevators: Tepper Aufzüge GmbH.- Fire protection: Ingenieurbüro Arndt-Weiher-Koch.- Sound insulation and room acoustics: Ingenieurbüro Axel C. Rahn GmbH, Berlin; Akkustikbüro Hoffmeier.
Client
Grundstuecksgesellschaft Greifswalder Straße 226 bR, Berlin, a company of the GbR Nagel & Padovicz.
Area
2,100 sqm
Dates
October 2019
Location
Greifswalder Str. 226 - Heinrich-Roller-Str. 13, Pankow, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin Germany.
Photography
Sergei Tchoban, Ekkehard Voss. Tchoban Voss Architekten
Tchoban Voss Architekten is a German architecture firm, founded by Sergei Tchoban, Ekkehard Voss, that have developed construction projects all over Germany as well as in Russia, Turkey and the Arabian countries. They develop, draft, plan and build for both regional and international clients, in the public and private sector.
In addition to residential and business buildings, they focus on planning hotels, trade facilities, office complexes, leisure time facilities, schools, educational and social facilities, as well as reconstructions and revitalizations of historical monuments.
They have been providing all architectural services − from interior architecture to general planning − ever since they went into business.
Sergei Tchoban
Sergei Tchoban is an internationally active German architect. He is managing partner of TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten and head of the Berlin office. Tchoban studied architecture at the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. He has lived in Germany since 1991 and has held German citizenship since 1995. After starting at NPS Nietz - Prasch - Sigl in Hamburg in 1992, Tchoban became managing partner of the architectural office now known as TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten in 1995. In 2009, the Tchoban Foundation was established, which is based in the Museum for Architectural Drawing built for this purpose in 2013.
Numerous residential and office buildings, hotels, cultural buildings and revitalisation projects have been created according to his designs and plans, including EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin, Germany's largest office ensemble in sustainable timber hybrid construction, the Berlin Apple store Rosenthaler Strasse, as well as the revitalisation of the Ernst-Reuter-Platz 6 office building and numerous buildings as part of the master planning for Berlin's Osthafen.
In 2020, Tchoban was president of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators ASAI. His architectural drawings have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries worldwide and are in the collections of international museums, archives as well as in private collections. In 2018, Sergei Tchoban was awarded the European Prize for Architecture by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design for his lifework.
Sergei Tchoban is member of the Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten BDA (Association of German Architects) and the chambers of architects in Hamburg and Berlin.
Numerous residential and office buildings, hotels, cultural buildings and revitalisation projects have been created according to his designs and plans, including EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin, Germany's largest office ensemble in sustainable timber hybrid construction, the Berlin Apple store Rosenthaler Strasse, as well as the revitalisation of the Ernst-Reuter-Platz 6 office building and numerous buildings as part of the master planning for Berlin's Osthafen.
In 2020, Tchoban was president of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators ASAI. His architectural drawings have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries worldwide and are in the collections of international museums, archives as well as in private collections. In 2018, Sergei Tchoban was awarded the European Prize for Architecture by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design for his lifework.
Sergei Tchoban is member of the Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten BDA (Association of German Architects) and the chambers of architects in Hamburg and Berlin.
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