Salamander house
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| place | Berlin-Charlottenburg |
| architect | Gerkan, Marg & Partner (gmp) |
| Client | Salamander AG and Kornwestheim |
| Construction year | 1992 |
| construction time | 1990-92 |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '12.7 " N , 13 ° 20' 13.2" E |
The Salamanderhaus is a commercial building and office building for various service companies on Tauentzienstrasse in Berlin-Charlottenburg near Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the Zoologischer Garten train station . The building originally housed a Salamander shop and the administration of Salamander Schuhhandelsgesellschaft mbH.
history
Art Nouveau building
In 1909, the architect August Endell built a corner shop in the Art Nouveau era on the grounds of the Salamander House.
Reinforced concrete skeleton construction
From 1954 to 1955, Hans Döring built a two-storey reinforced concrete skeleton building at this point, in which the corner shop Schmolke was located.
Salamander house
In a competition in 1988, a design by the architect Volkwin Marg won , so that a little later the old reinforced concrete skeleton structure was demolished and from 1990 to 1992 the salamander house with a gross floor area of 8,800 m² was built by the architects Gerkan Marg & Partner . The client here was Salamander AG and Kornwestheim.
Due to the insolvency of Salamander, the building changed hands in 2004 to the Düsseldorfer Centrum Grundstücksgesellschaft and Uwe Reppegather and was then rebuilt so that in October 2005 Adidas was able to open its sports and performance center, which extends over several floors. During the renovation work was u. a. the glass facade changed and the arcades closed.
description
The building is characterized by its double-shell facade and its advertising tower at the eastern corner of the building. The first two floors of the Glass Palace are offset to the rear so that colonnades are created. Eight pillars support the building there and then extend from the second floor as pillars through the house to the roof. Vertical window fronts extend from the second to sixth floors. The transparent two-story shop fronts with recessed galleries on the upper floor are designed as arcades . Winter gardens are set into the facade from above at the same distance . These winter gardens not only create a friendly atmosphere, but also serve as a cold and sound buffer to Tauentzienstrasse . At the upper end of the facade there were two salamander logos on a cube in a round field, now the Adidas logo is emblazoned there .
Web links
- Salamander house historical picture
- Salamanderhaus, picture (only accessible from the gmp.de website)
- Floor plan of the building (1992) (only accessible from the gmp.de website)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hainer Weißpflug: Salamander House . In: Hans-Jürgen Mende , Kurt Wernicke (Hrsg.): Berliner Bezirkslexikon, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf . Luisenstadt educational association . Haude and Spener / Edition Luisenstadt, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-7759-0479-4 ( luise-berlin.de - as of October 7, 2009).
- ↑ a b Salamander House - Projects. gmp Architects, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ SalamanderHaus in Berlin sold. Retrieved May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Salamander House. August 20, 2014, accessed May 16, 2020 .