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Exterior Perspective Collage
Dencity
What does the city’s form actually mean to the people who live there?
With this question begins the book The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch, and it accompanied us during the design process of this project. The city is built through its image. However, it is necessary to think about what elements make up the city. According to Lynch, the city consists of 5 elements: Paths, Edges, Districts, Nodes and Landmarks. The project tries to recreate these elements of the city in a single interconnected building.
This process of condensing the program of a city, led to the challenge of solving the complexity of a 31,50m deep building with a mostly residential program. Through the implementation of cutouts in the volume, courtyards are created to carry lightto the deeper parts of the building. The apartments are complemented by so-called “Plug-In Rooms”, located in the deepest parts of the plan. These rooms can be appropriated by the residents as either extensions of their flats or shared spaces for the building’s community. The ground, first and top floor offer public programs such as retail, workshops, offices, gyms, a daycare and a viewing deck. Additionally, an environmental learning center supports the many adjacent educational institutions in the area. It also helps to raise awareness of the natural assets of the Neu-Lichterfelde area.
Sergio Abad Zorzo Phil Sumpf Manu Scuto Timo Voßhagen
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Figure ground plan, 1:20 000
Reception and Tickets Horse Farm Permanent Exposition Environmental Learning Center Express Elevator to Viewing Deck Späti Entrance Hall Bike Parking Bike Parking Bike Parking Bike Parking Café Entrance Hall Entrance Hall Entrance Hall Shop Bike Workshop Shop Restaurant Café Minimarket 4 Ground Floor Floor plan 1:500 Program Circulation
Elevation, 1:500 Section, 1:500
-3 50 -1 UG -3 50 -1 UG ±0 00 0 Street ±0 00 0 Street 3 50 1 OG 3 50 1 OG +7 00 2 OG +7 00 2 OG 10 50 3 OG 10 50 3 OG 14 00 4 OG 14 00 4 OG +17 50 5 OG +17 50 5 OG 21 00 6 OG 21 00 6 OG +24 50 7 OG +24 50 7 OG 28 00 8 OG 28 00 8 OG +31 50 9 OG +31 50 9 OG 35 00 10 OG 35 00 10 OG 38 50 11 Viewing Deck 38 50 11 Viewing Deck 42 00 12 Roof 42 00 12 Roof -3 50 -1 UG -3 50 -1 UG ±0 00 0 Street ±0 00 0 Street 3 50 1 OG 3 50 1 OG 7 00 2 OG 7 00 2 OG +10 50 3 OG +10 50 3 OG 14 00 4 OG 14 00 4 OG +17 50 5 OG +17 50 5 OG 21 00 6 OG 21 00 6 OG 24 50 7 OG 24 50 7 OG 28 00 8 OG 28 00 8 OG 31 50 9 OG 31 50 9 OG +35 00 10 OG +35 00 10 OG 38 50 11 Viewing Deck 38 50 11 Viewing Deck +42 00 12 Roof +42 00 12 Roof 5
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Isometry, 1:500
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GSEducationalVersion -3 50 -1 UG ±0 00 0 Street 3 50 1 OG +7 00 2 OG 10 50 3 OG +14 00 4 OG 17 50 5 OG 21 00 6 OG +24 50 7 OG 28 00 8 OG +31 50 9 OG 35 00 10 OG +38 50 11 Viewing Deck 42 00 12 Roof -3 50 -1 UG ±0 00 0 Street 3 50 1 OG +7 00 2 OG 10 50 3 OG 14 00 4 OG +17 50 5 OG 21 00 6 OG +24 50 7 OG 28 00 8 OG +31 50 9 OG 35 00 10 OG 38 50 11 Viewing Deck +42 00 12 Roof 8
Elevation, 1:500 Section, 1:500
-3 50 -1 UG ±0 00 0 Street 3 50 1 OG +7 00 2 OG 10 50 3 OG +14 00 4 OG 17 50 5 OG 21 00 6 OG +24 50 7 OG 28 00 8 OG +31 50 9 OG 35 00 10 OG +38 50 11 Viewing Deck 42 00 12 Roof -3 50 -1 UG ±0 00 0 Street 3 50 1 OG +7 00 2 OG 10 50 3 OG 14 00 4 OG +17 50 5 OG 21 00 6 OG +24 50 7 OG 28 00 8 OG +31 50 9 OG 35 00 10 OG 38 50 11 Viewing
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Infrastructure Axis Section, 1:300
Infrastructure Axis Isometry, 1:500
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N GSEducationalVersion N 12 Program Site plan, 1:4000 Site Positioning Diagrams Caption
Program
Top Floor Floor plan, 1:500
Circulation
Daycare Environmental Learning Center Café Workshops Coworking Gym Express Elevator 13
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6.30 Plug-In Extension Plug-In Extension
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4th Floor Floor
plan, 1:500
Plug-In Greenhouse Plug-In Bookshare Plug-In Yoga 14
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4.20 B B
4.20 Plug-In Cinema Plug-In Rehearsal Square
Program Circulation
31.85 4.90 2.80 2.80 4.20 4.20 4.20 4.20 4.20
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16 Diagramatic Floorplans
1. Lighting Zones
• Dark Zone 4,20m: Living- and Bedroom
• Bright Zone, 6,30m: Bathroom, Kitchen
2 Raster and Colums
• Structural Raster of 4,20m x 4,20m
• 1,5 raster fields in the bright zone
3 Load bearing w alls and beams
• placement according to light zones
• one-directionally spanning ceiling slabs
• Freedom to place non-load-bearing walls and appartment typologies
5 Facade tectonics
• 1st layer: Rooms
• 2nd layer: Raster and columns
4. Free placement
17 Residential Part Structure Diagram
Project Logic
Cocneptual Diagrams
18 Program Bars Diagram
Circulation Isometry, 1:1000 Program Isometry, 1:1000
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