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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, 2016
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, 2016
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, 2016
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, 2016
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, 2016
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, 2016
A brick skin seamlessly covers the cubed volume produced via these limitations — from the vertical exterior walls, over the sloped facade and attic, up to the floor of the roof terrace. The bricks form the outer layer of a double-shelled construction. The exterior shell’s brickwork references Gründerzeit construction methods and the materiality of the front building’s street-side facade, while its color spectrum quotes the tones of the surrounding facades within the courtyard. For this, a Brandenburg brick manufacturer fabricated 20,000 bricks in a range of six different colors: from off-white and yellow to orange-brown, pink, and grey.
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, 2016
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, site plan
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, section
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, section
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Barkow Leibinger, Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, elevation
Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
Program: residential building
Architect: Barkow Leibinger – Frank Barkow, Regine Leibinger
Design team: Andreas Lang, Antje Steckhan, Martina Bauer, Marian Beschoner
Structural engineering: HHT-Bauingenieure Ingeniurgemeinschaft für Tragwerksplanung + Baukonstruktion GbR
Energy design: Müller-BBM GmbH
Electrical engineering: HDH GmbH
Facade engineering: Dipl.-Ing. (TU) Karl Hügerich GmbH
Contractor: BAL Bauplanungs und Steuerungs GmbH
Area: 870 sqm
Completion: 2016