L40 (Berlin)

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Linienstraße 40

The L40 or Black Maze Building (black labyrinth) is a residential and commercial building on the corner of Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse and Linienstraße in Berlin - Mitte . The name is the short description of the street name with the assigned house number. It was designed for a 2,884 square meter triangular plot of land by the Berlin architects Roger Bundschuh and Philipp Baumhauer in collaboration with the artist Cosima von Bonin until July 2008 and completed in January 2010 as an anthracite-black, tapered cube, "monolithic-sculptural". The same architect is building the new headquarters of the Suhrkamp publishing house on the other side of the street , which together with L40 will form a gate.

background

The surrounding street structure was reconstructed according to plans from before the former GDR . The building itself is an example of minimalist monochromatic architecture. The cubic monolith was implemented as a “home for collectors and gallery owners” . Some of the architects oppose the predominance of critical reconstruction , which was represented by Hans Stimmann , who was Senate Building Director in Berlin from 1996 to 2006 , and who set the tone for guidelines with regard to historically traceable buildings through his “authoritarian administration”. With the seven-storey building made of normal, lightweight and in-situ concrete, they advocate a freer conception of urban development. According to the architects, “a house made of concrete was created. Dark and serious, but also full of lightness and confidence. A contribution to classic modernism, inviting and repellent at the same time ”. Roger Bundschuh about the L40 across from the Berliner Morgenpost, March 9, 2013: "But you know, I can't and won't concern myself with what the public may or may not find beautiful."

View from the east

The building offers nine spacious condominiums with sizes from 67 to over 300 square meters on seven levels. There are also three commercial units available on the ground floor. ” The terraces and galleries, which allow a walk-in panorama of the area, achieve a somewhat Japanese or Swedish effect, especially through wooden pallet paths. There are no supports in the low-noise and low-vibration interior rooms. The atmosphere conveys the privacy of the 1970s, the Palast der Republik can easily be associated. The interiors are up to seven meters high and cut differently. Most of the rooms are supplied with daylight via skylights.

The entire building does not touch the ground at any point; Between the building structure and the ground there is a layer of solid foam that absorbs vibrations and noise.

There are links to the east-facing buildings by Hans Poelzig from the 1920s. The building is designed according to the idea of ​​an open inner courtyard , which is continued in the building structure in order to provide an orientation for further urban development developments. The different eaves heights of the roofs, which were difficult to get through at the offices, particularly caused a stir .

criticism

The expressive-minimalist approach ensures that there is hardly any talk of building in the neighborhood, but rather building in the city. The building is received accordingly critically. The original idea of ​​having a building carved out of a block like a jagged monolith can be described as postmodern science fiction and is reminiscent of films like Matrix , postmodern in particular, where, for example, reference is made to Elizabethan England. The flat, smooth exterior facades with hidden window fronts instead of windows have a constructivist or even futuristic effect .

Key data

  • Residential and commercial building L40, 2010, Linienstraße 40, 10178 Berlin
  • Client: Immobiliengesellschaft ALBION mbH, Berlin
  • Architecture: Bundschuh Architects, Berlin
  • Project management: Carolus Tränkner, Christiane Schmitz, Fabian Schwade
  • Construction management: Van Ommen Architect, Berlin
  • Structural planning: Ifb Frohloff Staffa Kühl Ecker, Berlin
  • HLS planning: B&S Baupartner GmbH, Berlin
  • Building physics: Müller BBM GmbH, Berlin
  • Soil report: Steinfeld and Partner, Mehrow
  • Preservation of evidence: L41 and underground station, Jürgen Westphal VBI, Zeuthen
  • Vibration protection: GuD Consult GmbH, Berlin
  • Surveying: Ronald Pieczak, Berlin
  • Concrete technology: FBL Fläming Bausstoff-Labor-GmbH, Treuenbrietzen
  • Characteristic data: 2,884 m²
  • Photography: Jan Bitter

Web links

Commons : Linienstraße 40  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ BauNetz Media GmbH: Roger Bundschuh succeeds Hans Poelzig - Suhrkamp builds on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. March 14, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Ursula Baus - Block with Eigenart ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b L 40. House for art collectors. at the Goethe Institute
  4. ↑ Dark sculpture in the city. Roger Bundschuh and Cosima von Bonin - L40 - Berlin ed = mapolis Architektur ( Memento from December 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Interview with Roger Bundschuh - "L40" - a range of different types of living at the Berliner Morgenpost
  6. ↑ User Tony - L40, Berlin! A new spectacular Bundschuh building in Linienstr. 40 at Baupedia

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 42.2 "  N , 13 ° 24 ′ 35.6"  E