Upper West

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Upper West
Atlas Tower
Upper West
Upper West
Basic data
Place: Berlin-Charlottenburg
Construction time : 2013-2017
Architect : Langhof Architecture and Urban Development
KSP Jürgen Engel Architects
Use / legal
Usage : Hotel , office , retail
Apartments : no
Owner : Signa Prime
Client : Strabag Real Estate on behalf of the
US holding RFR
Technical specifications
Height to the top:
119 m
Floors : 33
Usable area : 44,000 m²
Floor area : 55,000 m²
Building-costs: expected to be
250 million euros

Upper West (originally: Atlas Tower ) is a high-rise building on Breitscheidplatz in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg . With a height of 119 meters and 33 floors, it forms a building ensemble with the neighboring zoo window , which is almost as high . The architect for the urban design and facade planning is Christoph Langhof , Berlin. KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten (Berlin) were commissioned for the design and object planning.

History of origin

In 1994, Professor Christoph Langhof developed the first plans for the high-rise. The planning right was obtained in 2003, the building permit was granted in 2005 and 2013. After the first building permit had been granted, the investor was able to clarify the financing by spring 2012, and after the Schimmelpfeng house that was built in the 1950s had been completely demolished by the end of February 2013 , the building pit was dug in spring 2013 and opened on 25. June 2014 the foundation stone was laid. The completion took place in 2017.

The facade design was completed at the end of August 2016. In March 2017, the media reported that the facade of the high-rise is "finally finished" and that the first tenants can move in.

features

Upper West next to the zoo window

With a height of 119 m , the building is the fourth tallest skyscraper in Berlin after the Park-Inn-Hotel on Alexanderplatz , the Treptowers' high-rise and the Steglitzer Kreisel , together with the Zoofenster . Up to about a third of the height, the tower is surrounded by a block building, in which a further 9,000 m² of floor space was created. The tower consists of two parallel structures, each of which is the same height but not symmetrical ( twin tower ).

The facade is completely white and is slightly curved. This enables varied floor plans, curved window fronts and individual views. On the tenth floor there is a terrace and the hotel's breakfast room. The block building facing Breitscheidplatz is 34 meters high and was fitted with black and brass-colored window frames.

use

The Upper West has a total usable area of 53,000 m². Retail stores moved into the lower floors with 3,900 m² of usable space . Some retailers were already under contract in 2016, including the shoe retail chain Görtz .

The office space above was fully let until mid-March 2017, before the final completion. The Motel One hotel chain occupies the first 19 floors of the tower buildings, opening its ninth accommodation facility in Berlin with 582 rooms.

The business law firm Görg, including an insolvency administration, has rented floors 20-23 as well as parts of the 19th and 25th floors. An office service provider moved in above the 25th floor. A sky bar opened on the 33rd floor.

In view of the growing demand for high-quality living space, the investor Strabag considered planning condominiums in the high-rise, but this did not materialize. The client, the US company RFR Holding, sold the high-rise in November 2017 to the real estate and trading company Signa Holding , founded by René Benko , whose Berlin office is located on the 31st and 32nd floors.

The Skybar with 850 m² of usable space on the tenth floor has been called One Lounge since it opened at the end of May 2017 .

Giant lantern

The project developer Strabag installed a 16-meter-high, classically designed Schinkel street lamp as a light sculpture next to the Upper West skyscraper . The work of art called "Lesser" was lit for the first time on May 22, 2017 at 9:30 pm.

Web links

Commons : Upper West  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Upper West is growing up.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.berliner-woche.de   In: berliner-woche.de , July 31, 2013
  2. ↑ a b High-rise buildings change hands , in: Berliner Zeitung , November 10, 2017, p. 11.
  3. ↑ Another skyscraper on Breitscheidplatz. In: Berliner Zeitung , October 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ Upper West - a diva on the way to becoming an icon. Retrieved April 20, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Birgitt Eltzel, Uwe Aulich: Luxury is in demand again. In: Berliner Zeitung , April 18, 2012.
  6. ↑ Foundation stone laid for Upper West in the city of Berlin. In: Berliner Morgenpost , June 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ New high-rise in Charlottenburg: All in white - “Upper West” is finished on the outside. In: Der Tagesspiegel , August 26, 2016, accessed on August 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ The facade of the Upper West is finished. In: imwestenberlins.de , August 29, 2016, accessed on August 29, 2016
  9. ^ Isabell Jürgens: Berlin - the four billion building site; No. 13: Atlas Tower. In: Berliner Morgenpost , February 14, 2012, accessed on April 19, 2012.
  10. ↑ a b Elmar Schütze: The heart of the house beats on the tenth floor . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 8, 2017, p. 14.
  11. ^ Homepage of the Upper West. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 16, 2018 ; accessed on April 20, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.upper-west.de
  12. ↑ Strabag press release ( memento of June 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on June 13, 2016.
  13. ↑ STRABAG starts Upper West in Berlin with Motel One as the anchor tenant .
  14. ↑ Press release from the Görg law firm, accessed on June 13, 2016.
  15. ↑ Homepage of the Upper West, ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on June 13, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.upper-west.de
  16. ↑ Karstadt owner Signa buys “Upper West” high-rise in Berlin. In: Berliner Morgenpost. November 9, 2017, accessed June 27, 2020 .
  17. ^ One Lounge Upper West , accessed November 11, 2017.
  18. ↑ Berlin light sculpture: high lantern in front of the Upper West. In: Berliner Morgenpost , May 23, 2017

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 17.9 ″  N , 13 ° 19 ′ 58.1 ″  E