An addition to the existing buildings adds space for a library, living areas and study rooms. It is respecting a historic gas station and a former extension.
Project:
Tankstelle Bülowstraße and The Kleine Grosz Museum
Year:
2020
Location:
Berlin
In recent years, the area around Potsdamer Strasse has become a site of lively cultural transformation. A pioneering project within the area’s artistic and urban development is Bülowstrasse’s former Shell gas station, constructed in the 1950’s.
The building is surrounded by large Gründerzeit block perimeters. The existing building ensemble therefore only covers a small portion of the overall site, offering free space in an otherwise densely built urban environment. While the secluded garden will remain untouched, the private exhibition space will be converted into a public museum dedicated to George Grosz (1893 – 1959).A triangular volume will be constructed above the exhibition space and parts of the garden, accessible through an elevator integrated into the museum, as well as through an external staircase at the rear.
This new addition to the existing buildings adds space for a library, living areas and study rooms. It is respecting the historic gas station and the former extension. In this way, the site becomes an ensemble of three clearly distinguishable architectural objects.
Client:
Juerg Judin
Partner in charge:
Jürgen Mayer H., Hans Schneider
Project leader:
Max Margorskyi
Team:
Jens Seiffert, Maxime Vignolles
Collaborations:
Structural Design: Buro Happold, Berlin
Climate-responsive Design/Energy Engineering: Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH
Building Services Engineering: Philippundknoll, Ingenieurbüro für Gebäudetechnik GbR
Fire Safety Consultant: hhp berlin, Ingenieure für Brandschutz GmbH
Electrical Engineering: ecup-engineering GmbH
Site Management: jablonka sieber architekten
Façade Planning: Metalltechnik Gilch GmbH & Co. KG
