Beisheim Center
The Beisheim Center is an ensemble of buildings on Potsdamer Platz in the Tiergarten district of Berlin . With the completion and opening of the Beisheim Center on January 10, 2004, the development of Potsdamer Platz and thus the largest urban redevelopment project in Berlin was completed. The building is 70 meters high, with the metal spike on the roof it is 82 meters high. Otto Beisheim had it built for 463 million euros.
In addition to the hotels The Ritz-Carlton Berlin and Berlin Marriott International, the building ensemble on the Lenné triangle includes an office building on Ebertstrasse , another office building on the private street Berliner Freiheit as well as the Tower Apartments above the Ritz-Carlton and the Parkside Apartments on Henriette- Herz-Park and - on Lennéstraße - directly opposite the Great Zoo . For the first time in Germany, the concept of "living with five-star-plus hotel service" was implemented in the Beisheim Center - this means that the residents of the apartments can use both the services and the infrastructure of the Ritz-Carlton.
In contrast to the other neighbors at Potsdamer Platz, the Beisheim Center was built without a shopping center and entertainment . In January 2009 the event location "Berliner Freiheit" opened on Privatstrasse.
architecture
The architecture is based on the concept of the “compact city” with clear forms and modern objectivity made of stone. Except for the head building, all buildings have a uniform eaves height of 35 meters.
The five buildings are designed by four architects. The Tower Apartments, the Ritz-Carlton Berlin hotel and the Berliner Freiheit 2 office building were designed by the architects Hilmer & Sattler and Albrecht . They are reminiscent of the office buildings and the first skyscrapers of the Chicago School as well as early high-rise architecture in Germany , such as the nearby Kollhoff Tower .
The Parkside Apartments by David Chipperfield Architects from London and Berlin tie in with the tradition of “stone Berlin”. Role models such as Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus , whose architectural language Chipperfield transports into the 21st century, are recognizable. It has a light shell limestone facade .
The architectural office of Bernd Albers, who designed the Marriott Hotel with its vertically structured facade made of light limestone , was also involved in the project. Inside it has an atrium as high as a house , around which the rooms and suites are arranged.
The office building at Ebertstrasse 2 was designed by the architecture firm Modersohn & Free Life , Berlin. The symmetrical natural stone facade was clad with Verde Salvan, whose irregular structure has a greenish shimmering color scale. The window parapets are made of floral aluminum ornaments based on a drawing by Louis Sullivan .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Salute for Potsdamer Platz . In: Der Tagesspiegel , January 11, 2004
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 38.9 " N , 13 ° 22 ′ 30.7" E