Twinning with a building by the architect Jürgen Sawade. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
20/01/2021.
[Schöneberg - Berlin] Germany
metalocus, JULIO RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, JULIO RODRÍGUEZ
The swiss architect Max Dudler, together with his homonymous studio, have designed Werdauer WEG, a new and ambitious hotel and office complex, conceived throughout its development phase to accompany the neighboring building of the German architect Jürgen Sawade (1937 - 2015). Both are conceived as a complex that forms the entrance for the new urban developments in Berlin known as "Schöneberger Linse" and "EUREF-Campus".
The project is shown as a solid stepped piece in front of the organic forms of the other neighboring volume. The office-hotel complex shares the same scale as its sister building. Also, the project stands out for its repetition in the rhythm of holes from the first floor to its coronation.
The project is shown as a solid stepped piece in front of the organic forms of the other neighboring volume. The office-hotel complex shares the same scale as its sister building. Also, the project stands out for its repetition in the rhythm of holes from the first floor to its coronation.
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler. Photograph by Stefan Müller
Ground floor plan. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
First, second, third and fourth floor plan. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Fifth and sixth floor plan. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Seventh and eighth floor plan. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Ninth and tenth floor plan. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Basement -1 floor plan. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Basement -2 floor plan. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
East elevation 1. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
East elevation 2. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
South elevation. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
West elevation 1. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
West elevation 2. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Section AA. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Section BB. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Section CC. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Section 11. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Section 22. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Section 33. Werdauer WEG by Max Dudler
Werdauer WEG is the new office and hotel complex designed by the architect Max Dudler next to a building by Jürgen Sawade and the New Twelve Apostles Cemetery with its Paul Egeling chapel, which is listed as a historical monument. It is understood that architectural and individual intentionality transcends the urban area.
The rectangular prismatic volume is fragmented at its midpoint, in a smooth staggering, which will serve as terraces and outdoor spaces, so that the hotel residents can enjoy the views of the German capital. The staggering descends from the highest level of 11 levels, two by two successively until reaching the fifth floor, which functions as a wide space for interaction.
The rectangular prismatic volume is fragmented at its midpoint, in a smooth staggering, which will serve as terraces and outdoor spaces, so that the hotel residents can enjoy the views of the German capital. The staggering descends from the highest level of 11 levels, two by two successively until reaching the fifth floor, which functions as a wide space for interaction.
Description of project by Max Dudler
Viewed from a distance – from the Berlin Ring or the city motorway – the new building and its hitherto solitary neighbouring building by architect Jürgen Sawade merge to form a striking ensemble at the entrance to the rapidly developing new Berlin quarters “Schöneberger Linse“ and “EUREF-Campus”. The new building, commissioned by Werdauer Weg 3 Immobilien Projektentwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG combines offices and hotel space, which has now been occupied by the users – Debeka-Berlin and hotel brand “the niu”.
The hotel and office building in Berlin’s Schöneberg district is conceived as an architectural sister building to “Platinum” the office high-rise by architect Jürgen Sawade. As a complementarily developed figure, it picks up on the cascading of the neighbouring building and reverses its movement from the exterior to the interior so to speak. The structure forms two symmetrically arranged high points, one north of the Werdauer Weg and one to the south. From a common five-story base, they are each staggered upwards in two-storey steps to a height of 11 storeys – analogous to the “Platinum” building. The new building retroactively embeds the previously context-free building from the 1990s into the urban fabric. Together, the two buildings form an urban ensemble whose lenticular floor plan reflects the structure of the neighbouring urban development area of the “Schöneberger Linse”. Its west-facing silhouette frees the adjacent New Twelve Apostles’ churchyard with its chapel by Paul Egeling, which is listed as a historic monument, from its backyard situation and gives it a new urban presence. The uniformly light brick façade strengthens the sculptural character of the new building. With its cream-beige colouring, it refers back to the granite of the “Platinum” building. In its materiality, it also ties in with the brick of the neighbouring monument. Windows evenly distributed over the surface create an abstract façade image as a web of vertical and horizontal lines. The plasticity of the building’s exterior, conceived as a relief, develops from the details. The details are not ornamental, but arise from their structural function. Window openings cut deeply into the wall lend the façade a depth that creates a changing play of light and shadow. The cladding necessary to conceal the expansion joints results in subtle recesses in the wall at the interfaces between vertical and horizontal bands. In their regular repetition, they become a further structuring element in the relief of the façade, recalling the aesthetic use of wall cramps or bossage.
The two occupants of the new building benefit from its well-connected location between two central train stations: the southern section is home to the national headquarters of Debeka-Berlin, while the northern section houses a hotel by the company “the niu” with almost 300 rooms.
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Architects
Design team
Project managers.- Alexander Bonte, Erik Lippold. Team.- Miriam Barona, Hera Kastanaki, Liliya Lukynchuk, Clara Wellbergen.
Collaborators
Structural engineering.- Bornscheuer Drexler Eisele GmbH. Housing technology.- Ingenieurbüro ASTARA GmbH. Acoustic.- BeSB GmbH Berlin Schalltechnisches Büro, WISSBAU Beratende Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH. Fire safety concept.- Lenzenarchitekten. Traffic planning.- Hoffmann-Leichter, Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH. Landscape planning.- TDB Landschaftsarchitektur, Thomanek Duquesnoy Boemans, Partnerschaf.
Client
Builder
Developer
Werdauer Weg 3 Immobilien Projektentwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG.
Area
NF.- 8,450 sqm.
Dates
2020.
Location
Werdauer Weg 3, Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany.
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MAX DUDLER
Max Dudler, born in Altenrhein in Switzerland. He studied architecture at Architektur an der Städelschule in Frankfurt with the professor Günther Bock and in the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with the professor Ludwig Leo. At first he worked in the Oswald Matías Ungers office after working with Pete and Karl Dudler in 1986 establishing its own office.
Since 1992 leads its own architectural firm with headquarters in Berlin, Zurich and Frankfurt. After being visiting professor in Venice, Mantua, Vienna or Dortmund, Max Dudler was selected in 2004 as professor of architecture at the Klasse Baukunst der Kunstakademie Düsseldort.
