Union of two different scales and typologies. New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N
06/10/2020.
[Neukölln - Berlin] Germany
metalocus, VALERIA OZUNA
metalocus, VALERIA OZUNA
The studio EM2N has finished the completion of the project of the New Housing complex on Briesestraße Neukölln, a neighborhood with a cosmopolitan atmosphere with bustling boulevards, located in the southwestern part of Berlin.
The building figure composed of several parts condenses the site and unites the different scales and typologies of the slab and the courtyard that characterize its surroundings.
The building figure composed of several parts condenses the site and unites the different scales and typologies of the slab and the courtyard that characterize its surroundings.
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N. Photograph by Andrew Alberts
Site plan. New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N
Ground floor plan. New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N
1st - 3rd floor plan. New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N
7th floor plan. New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N
Sections. New Housing on Briesestraße by EM2N
The proposed geometry by EM2N nestles up against the firewalls of the existing neighboring buildings and, with its central internal courtyard, creates an outdoor space of high quality. The access decks, which face onto the courtyard, are a circulation and balcony structure that can potentially be appropriated by the community of residents
The generously dimensioned courtyard becomes the social center of the housing development. The uses proposed for the ground floor, such as a café with outdoor seating and flexibly sized studios, along Briesestraße activate the urban space.
The generously dimensioned courtyard becomes the social center of the housing development. The uses proposed for the ground floor, such as a café with outdoor seating and flexibly sized studios, along Briesestraße activate the urban space.
Description of project by EM2N
Made up of several constituent parts, this building mediates at the joint between the heterogeneous block perimeter development with its typical fire walls and the large, meandering late modern structures dating from the Sixties and Seventies.
The new building increases the density of the site and unites the two different scales and typologies, the slab and the courtyard, which dominate its surroundings. The proposed geometry nestles up against the firewalls of the existing neighbouring buildings and with its central courtyard creates an outdoor space of considerable quality. By making one wing of the new building taller than the buildings immediately beside it, an independent symbol is placed in the district.
The functions proposed for the ground floor, such as a café with outdoor seating on Kienitzer Straße and flexibly sized studios along Briesestraße, activate the urban space. Each of the four parts of the building reacts with a simple basic structure and typology to its specific position within the system. The apartments created range in size from 1 to 4 rooms and there are also studio apartments and larger apartments with additional communal areas. Within the flexible ‘shelf’ the apartment mix could be adapted with little effort or expenditure.
The generously dimensioned internal courtyard becomes the social centre of the housing development. The access decks facing onto the courtyard are a circulation and balcony structure with the potential to be appropriated by the community of residents. Two passageways on the ground floor lead into the communal courtyard, which thanks to its partly planted, partly hard surfaced terracing makes an urban impression.
The appearance of this made-to-measure urban piece in the heterogeneous urban mesh of the Rollberg district results from the use of industrial materials which, through their detailing, the way they are put together and their particular resonance, emanate a high level of quality. Facades with French windows and cladding of large aluminium panels rise from a robust exposed concrete plinth. This materialization provides an unpretentious background for the appropriation of the building by its residents.
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Architects
EM2N.
Project team
Partner.- Mathias Müller, Daniel Niggli. Associates.- Fabian Hörmann (competition), Verena Lindenmayer (execution). Project leader.- Henrike Kortemeyer. Project team competition.- Mathias Kampmann, António Mesquita, Inês Nunes, Jonas Rindlisbacher, Caroline Vogel, Leonard Wertgen. Project team execution.- Laura Ball, Pia Brückner, Felix Dechert, Götz Lachenmann.
Collaborators Colaboradores
Construction consultancy / construction economics.- GNEISE Planungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH. Tendering / Quality assurance.- HW-Ingenieure GmbH. Civil engineer (competition).- Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG. Civil engineer (execution).- Ingenieurbüro Rüdiger Jockwer GmbH. Planning and coordination heating / ventilation / cooling technologie, air-conditioning underground car park.- Ingenieur- und Sachverständigenbüro Karl-Heinz Quenzel. Building services.- GNEISE Planungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH. Acoustics.- Bauphysik Ritter. Building science.- Andreas Wilke Ingenieurbüro für Bauphysik und Baukonstruktion GmbH. Fire protection.- Andreas Wilke Ingenieurbüro für Bauphysik und Baukonstruktion GmbH. Fire protection engineer: KLW Ingenieure GmbH. Traffic planning.- R+T Verkehrsplanung GmbH. Landscape architecture.- MAN MADE LAND Bohne Lundqvist Mellier GbR. Surveyors.- Ingenieursozietät Rek & Wieck. Signage.- EM2N, Caroline Vogel.
Client
STADT UND LAND Wohnbauten-Gesellschaft mbH.
Builder
Implenia Hochbau GmbH.
Area
Gross floor area.- 13,343 m². Rental space.- 7,777 m².
Data set
101 residential / studio units, cluster apartments, café, underground car park with 28 parking spaces.
Dates
Competition.- 2015. Planning.- 2016 – 2019. Demolition of existing parking structure.- October 2016. Start of construction.- March 2017. Completion.- March 2020.
Location
Briesestraße 19 / Kienitzer Straße 26, DE-12053 Berlin, Germany.
Photography
Andrew Alberts.
Architects EM2N
EM2N. With offices in both Zurich and Berlin, EM2N with Mathias Müller (*1966) and Daniel Niggli (*1970) has 80 collaborators working on construction and competition projects in Switzerland and abroad. In addition to a number of awards including ‘bestarchitects’, ‘Umsicht-Regards-Sguardi’, the ‘Auszeichnung Guter Bauten’ from the City of Zurich, the Canton of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, they received the ‘Swiss Art Award’ in Architecture. Mathias Müller and Daniel Niggli were visiting professors at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, as well as in Zurich. Daniel Niggli was a member of the construction commitees in Berlin (2008–12) and Zurich (2010–14).
Their important recent construction projects include the Heuried Sports Centre in Zurich (2017), the Housing Riedpark in Zug (2016), the Lucerne School of Art and Design in Emmenbrücke (2016), the Swiss Film Archive in Penthaz (2015), the Toni-Areal in Zurich (2014), the Keystone Office Building in Prag (2012) and ‘Im Viadukt’– Refurbishment of the viaduct arches in Zurich (2010). Planning has started on, among other projects, the Quartier Heidestrasse, Commercial area in Berlin (since 2016), the Housing Briesetrasse Neukölln in Berlin (since 2015), the New Museum of Natural History Basel and State Archives Basel-City (since 2015) and the Zellweger Parc, Plot D in Uster (since 2014).
EM2N is managed by Mathias Müller and Daniel Niggli together with their associates Bernd Druffel (*1972), Fabian Hörmann (*1978), Verena Lindenmayer (*1975), Björn Rimner (*1978), Gerry Schwyter (*1975) and Christof Zollinger (*1973).
Mathias Müller (1966) graduated on Architecture (1996) by Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ). He develops his educative and professional careen in Switzerland , where, since 1997, works as partner of EM2N office.
1996.- Thesis Prof. A. Meyer / Marcel Meili, ETH Zurich.
1997.- Created EM2N Architekten ETH / SIA.
2004.- Federal Art Awart – Architecture.
2005.- Visiting Professor ETH Lausanne.
2006.- Membership Federation of Swiss Architects.
2009.- 2011 Visiting Professor ETH Zurich.
Daniel Niggli (1970) graduated on Architecture (1996) by Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ). He develops his educative and professional careen in Switzerland , where, since 1997, works as partner of EM2N office.
1996.- Thesis Prof. A. Meyer / Marcel Meili, ETH Zurich.
1997.- Created EM2N Architekten ETH / SIA.
2004.- Federal Art Award – Architecture.
2005.- Visiting Professor ETH Lausanne.
2006.- Membership Federation of Swiss Architects.
2008 - 2012.- Member Baukollegium Berlin.
2009 - 2011.- Visiting Professor ETH Zürich.
2010 - 2014.- Member Baukollegium Zürich.
Their important recent construction projects include the Heuried Sports Centre in Zurich (2017), the Housing Riedpark in Zug (2016), the Lucerne School of Art and Design in Emmenbrücke (2016), the Swiss Film Archive in Penthaz (2015), the Toni-Areal in Zurich (2014), the Keystone Office Building in Prag (2012) and ‘Im Viadukt’– Refurbishment of the viaduct arches in Zurich (2010). Planning has started on, among other projects, the Quartier Heidestrasse, Commercial area in Berlin (since 2016), the Housing Briesetrasse Neukölln in Berlin (since 2015), the New Museum of Natural History Basel and State Archives Basel-City (since 2015) and the Zellweger Parc, Plot D in Uster (since 2014).
EM2N is managed by Mathias Müller and Daniel Niggli together with their associates Bernd Druffel (*1972), Fabian Hörmann (*1978), Verena Lindenmayer (*1975), Björn Rimner (*1978), Gerry Schwyter (*1975) and Christof Zollinger (*1973).
Mathias Müller (1966) graduated on Architecture (1996) by Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ). He develops his educative and professional careen in Switzerland , where, since 1997, works as partner of EM2N office.
1996.- Thesis Prof. A. Meyer / Marcel Meili, ETH Zurich.
1997.- Created EM2N Architekten ETH / SIA.
2004.- Federal Art Awart – Architecture.
2005.- Visiting Professor ETH Lausanne.
2006.- Membership Federation of Swiss Architects.
2009.- 2011 Visiting Professor ETH Zurich.
Daniel Niggli (1970) graduated on Architecture (1996) by Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ). He develops his educative and professional careen in Switzerland , where, since 1997, works as partner of EM2N office.
1996.- Thesis Prof. A. Meyer / Marcel Meili, ETH Zurich.
1997.- Created EM2N Architekten ETH / SIA.
2004.- Federal Art Award – Architecture.
2005.- Visiting Professor ETH Lausanne.
2006.- Membership Federation of Swiss Architects.
2008 - 2012.- Member Baukollegium Berlin.
2009 - 2011.- Visiting Professor ETH Zürich.
2010 - 2014.- Member Baukollegium Zürich.
