R fl x – Residential Building

Berlin, Germany
Photo © Jens Willebrand
Photo © Jens Willebrand
Photo © Jens Willebrand
Picture © Eike Becker
Drawing © Eike Becker
Photo © Jens Willebrand
Photo © Jens Willebrand
Photo © Jens Willebrand
Architects
Eike Becker Architekten
Location
Kollwitzstraße 20, Berlin, Germany
Year
2016
Client
Matthäus Werk Katholische Jüdische Wohnungsbau- und Siedlungsgesellschaft mbH
Auftragsart
Direktauftrag
Projektteam
Eike Becker_Architekten
Fachplaner
BBL Ingenieurbüro Bendel Bradke & Lang Bauwesen und Tragwerkplanung GmbH (Haustechnik), Goslinowski & Walzer GbR Ingenieurbüro (Fassade), HHP Hosser, Hass + Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft für Bauwesen und Brandschutz GmbH (Brandschutz), Büro Kiefer Garten-
Bruttogeschossfläche oberirdisch
1736 qm
Bruttogeschossfläche unterirdisch
559 qm
Bruttorauminhalt oberirdisch
7771 kbm
Baukosten
3,5 Mio. Euro

The building is aligned with a new building on its left and an old one on its right. The next building over stands on the corner of Metzer Strasse, a street that cuts through Senefelderplatz. Kollwitzstrasse forms the backbone of a neighborhood to the northeast of Berlin’s city center that has been particularly popular since the nineties.

The eight stories above ground level accommodate six apartments—some conceived as maisonettes, the rest as full-floor apartments—that range in size from roughly 120 to 180 square meters. The two top floors are situated above the eave line and have a penthouse-style design, with a broad balcony stretching across the front façade. Behind this building is a building to the rear with two additional apartments.

Via its alternation of horizontal and vertical lines, the front northwest-facing façade refers to the façade of the new building to the left and it also recalls the structure of a bookshelf. An underground garage has space for ten cars.

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