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Other Projects by LOVE architecture and urbanism
50Hertz Netzquartier
Procedure
Eighteen architectural firms
participated in the international non-open competition for the new 50Hertz Netzquartier
in Berlin. The initial phase yielded two finalists, LOVE architecture and urbanism and the Danish
firm Henning Larsen Architects, with the LOVE design ultimately prevailing. The
other competitors included NO.MAD Arquitectos (Madrid), Sauerbruch Hutton
(Berlin), Hadi Teherani Architects (Hamburg), Kleihues + Kleihues (Berlin), Müller Reimann (Berlin).
Location
The site is particularly
noteworthy due to its prominent location in Berlin’s inner city: the adjacent
“Kultur-Campus” is currently being developed with the existing Museum of
contemporary art in the Hamburg train station. The site is also within close
proximity of: the main train station, which is the most important public
long-distance and local transportation hub in Berlin; the parliament and government
district, which stretches along the Spreebogen and includes the Federal
Chancellery, the German Bundestag, and the Reichstag; and the Federal Ministry
of Education and Research, which is currently under construction.
Building concept
The
future “50Hertz Netzquartier” is a delicate building which incorporates the
highly volumetric language of the master plan and reflects it in an overlay of
different structures, consisting of the exterior supporting system (net), the
horizontal rhythm of the floor levels and the interior yellow cores and
staircases. They guide the view into the depth and lead to a dematerialization
of the building. Thus, the new Netzquartier is released from the thought that
this is a conventional office building and highlights its holistic sculptural
approach. At night, this is additionally accentuated by the lighting of the
staircases and the individual pillars.
Flexible office landscape
The working culture of the 50Hertz energy
provider is based on a firm belief in the productive potential of informal,
flexible and creative working.
To meet the demands of such a philosophy, a
working space must combine the practical needs of the business world with a
sensuous, energetic element – something diverse and stimulating. This calls for
an office environment that offers a dynamic interplay of concentration,
interaction and relaxation.
The resulting
design offers a physical working environment that supports the transition to a
more open corporate culture founded on the principles of dialogue and teamwork.
Offsetting individual façade elements toward the
building’s center augments the simple, flexible basic structure (total GFA=24,000 m2)with a variety of open spaces that fluidly merge the
interior and the exterior. These variable-sized gardens provide informal
outdoor communication spaces (e.g. for outdoor meetings, brainstorming) and also
serves as fresh-air recreation spaces for unwinding faster after tiring
meetings. The deep building traversed by outdoor workspaces enables the creation
of a wide variety of office layouts, each of which offers a different solution
for the demands of workflow, job quality and working atmosphere.
Each
layout features a different blend of working areas, informal communication
zones and garden zones (outdoor workspaces), which results in a wide variety of
unique working environments. Thus, the occupants of each floor or department
can tailor the working environment to their specific needs or desires.
The individual levels of the building are connected by
central atriums, which penetrate the building conically, both physically (i.e. via
staircases) and visually (i.e. via natural light), thereby making the building a
homogenous, multi-level whole.
Eighteen architectural firms
participated in the international non-open competition for the new 50Hertz Netzquartier
in Berlin. The initial phase yielded two finalists, LOVE architecture and urbanism and the Danish
firm Henning Larsen Architects, with the LOVE design ultimately prevailing. The
other competitors included NO.MAD Arquitectos (Madrid), Sauerbruch Hutton
(Berlin), Hadi Teherani Architects (Hamburg), Kleihues + Kleihues (Berlin), Müller Reimann (Berlin).
Location
The site is particularly
noteworthy due to its prominent location in Berlin’s inner city: the adjacent
“Kultur-Campus” is currently being developed with the existing Museum of
contemporary art in the Hamburg train station. The site is also within close
proximity of: the main train station, which is the most important public
long-distance and local transportation hub in Berlin; the parliament and government
district, which stretches along the Spreebogen and includes the Federal
Chancellery, the German Bundestag, and the Reichstag; and the Federal Ministry
of Education and Research, which is currently under construction.
Building concept
The
future “50Hertz Netzquartier” is a delicate building which incorporates the
highly volumetric language of the master plan and reflects it in an overlay of
different structures, consisting of the exterior supporting system (net), the
horizontal rhythm of the floor levels and the interior yellow cores and
staircases. They guide the view into the depth and lead to a dematerialization
of the building. Thus, the new Netzquartier is released from the thought that
this is a conventional office building and highlights its holistic sculptural
approach. At night, this is additionally accentuated by the lighting of the
staircases and the individual pillars.
Flexible office landscape
The working culture of the 50Hertz energy
provider is based on a firm belief in the productive potential of informal,
flexible and creative working.
To meet the demands of such a philosophy, a
working space must combine the practical needs of the business world with a
sensuous, energetic element – something diverse and stimulating. This calls for
an office environment that offers a dynamic interplay of concentration,
interaction and relaxation.
The resulting
design offers a physical working environment that supports the transition to a
more open corporate culture founded on the principles of dialogue and teamwork.
Offsetting individual façade elements toward the
building’s center augments the simple, flexible basic structure (total GFA=24,000 m2)with a variety of open spaces that fluidly merge the
interior and the exterior. These variable-sized gardens provide informal
outdoor communication spaces (e.g. for outdoor meetings, brainstorming) and also
serves as fresh-air recreation spaces for unwinding faster after tiring
meetings. The deep building traversed by outdoor workspaces enables the creation
of a wide variety of office layouts, each of which offers a different solution
for the demands of workflow, job quality and working atmosphere.
Each
layout features a different blend of working areas, informal communication
zones and garden zones (outdoor workspaces), which results in a wide variety of
unique working environments. Thus, the occupants of each floor or department
can tailor the working environment to their specific needs or desires.
The individual levels of the building are connected by
central atriums, which penetrate the building conically, both physically (i.e. via
staircases) and visually (i.e. via natural light), thereby making the building a
homogenous, multi-level whole.
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