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Haus 1 - Atelier Gardens
Haus 1 - Atelier Gardens
Berlin, Germany
Finalist, 2024 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Color
Jury Winner, 2024 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Renovation
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Haus 1 - Atelier Gardens
Berlin, Germany
Finalist, 2024 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Color
Jury Winner, 2024 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Renovation
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
HAUS 1 transforms a dated office building from the 1990s into an eye-catching entrance marker for Atelier Gardens Atelier Gardens, a 256,181 square-feet creative film and community impact campus in Berlin.
The building contributed little to the character of the campus. Given its height and location next to the entrance of Atelier Gardens, the decision was made to transform the building into an iconic presence on the neighbouring Oberlandstraße and an emblematic symbol of the transformation of the campus.
Once plain white, the building is now a sunshine yellow all over, drawing attention to the campus from both near and far. Once visitors enter the campus, they will immediately encounter another clear sign: from the central plaza of Atelier Gardens, a zig-zagging yellow stair-scape, dotted with seating and viewing platforms framing views of Tempelhofer Feld and the Berlin skyline, leads directly to the building’s roof.
There the building has been extended with a timber pavilion of cross-laminated prefab modules, with bio-based materials and healthy finishes, such as a clay ceiling. A living roof of native plants completes the newly accessible rooftop which now also serves to collect rainwater, feeding into a comprehensive water retention plan implemented on-site.
This green landscaping, new roof insulation, and sun shades on the building’s two glass façades reduce heat gain in the summer, while low-temperature underfloor heating moderates the indoor climate in the cold months. All lighting has been converted to energy-efficient LED systems and the sanitary fittings are all water efficient, including low water-use WCs that will be flushed with recycled rainwater from the next phase of the campus’ rainwater harvesting system.
HAUS 1 hosts adaptive work and meeting spaces across four floors, and a café. The floorplans have been altered to maximise the building’s flexibility, simplifying future changes in use or layout, thus extending the building’s lifespan.
The building contributed little to the character of the campus. Given its height and location next to the entrance of Atelier Gardens, the decision was made to transform the building into an iconic presence on the neighbouring Oberlandstraße and an emblematic symbol of the transformation of the campus.
Once plain white, the building is now a sunshine yellow all over, drawing attention to the campus from both near and far. Once visitors enter the campus, they will immediately encounter another clear sign: from the central plaza of Atelier Gardens, a zig-zagging yellow stair-scape, dotted with seating and viewing platforms framing views of Tempelhofer Feld and the Berlin skyline, leads directly to the building’s roof.
There the building has been extended with a timber pavilion of cross-laminated prefab modules, with bio-based materials and healthy finishes, such as a clay ceiling. A living roof of native plants completes the newly accessible rooftop which now also serves to collect rainwater, feeding into a comprehensive water retention plan implemented on-site.
This green landscaping, new roof insulation, and sun shades on the building’s two glass façades reduce heat gain in the summer, while low-temperature underfloor heating moderates the indoor climate in the cold months. All lighting has been converted to energy-efficient LED systems and the sanitary fittings are all water efficient, including low water-use WCs that will be flushed with recycled rainwater from the next phase of the campus’ rainwater harvesting system.
HAUS 1 hosts adaptive work and meeting spaces across four floors, and a café. The floorplans have been altered to maximise the building’s flexibility, simplifying future changes in use or layout, thus extending the building’s lifespan.
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