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Arcs and Squares Housing in Berlin
Housing Development, Germany – design by TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten
24 May 2018
Arcs and Squares Housing
Design: TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten
Location: Berlin, Germany
Arcs and Squares Housing – New construction of a residential ensemble in Berlin-Mitte

photo © Nils Koenning
It is hard to imagine nowadays how many changes Berlin-Mitte has seen in the past decade. The high variety of new spaces and uses which settled here during those years created as a result an urban, dynamic atmosphere. moderate building heights, pleasant road widths, a diversity and complexity of historical façades contributes to the vividness of this international neighbourhood.
photo © Nils Koenning
The new residential ensemble was developed on a former gap between the two streets Alte Schönhauser Straße and Rückerstraße closing now the block perimeter. The construction refers to the historical development taking in the spirit of the Gründerzeit. Both street sides are clad with Egernsunder clinker in warm, slightly shimmering beige.

photos © Nils Koenning
The five-storey building on the Alte Schönhauser is structured very clearly by arched windows. Different heights of the arches enrich the façade tectonics: significant in the first floor the arches flatten to the top, and finally the last floor as well as the penthouse has rectangular windows. In the ground fl...