BERLIN | Projects & Construction - Page 7

österbottning · October 17th, 2007, 02:30 PM

Projects Palais Kolle Belle and Upper Eastside (stupid name) look very promising!

AbsolutDistortion · October 19th, 2007, 11:47 PM

Surely, Berlin's charme is pretty much a result of the fact that it has indeed a lot of places and areas where you are able to ... take a breath, recover a bit from the live in a metropolis.
But... What I can't stand are some of the failed urban plannings undertaken in the 60s and 70s, e.g. the Grunerstraße - whole district had to give way for a simple main street? - or south of Breitscheidtplatz - misplaced tunnel for crosswalk.
For me, parts of Alexanderplatz belong to this category. For instance, the 10 meter broad walkway in the north east; who is supposed to feel comfortable while passing it by? A city is not only designed for architectural photography or communist urban planning supporters: The majority of inhabitants has to be able to feel good living in it.
I can only applaude when they have finished the reconstruction and revision of these areas; luckily, they are already working on it.

And, still, after having finished those works there are still plenty of areas, parks etc. where you can do exactly what I was writing about in the beginning - even more than in most of the major cities of the world.

GNU · October 22nd, 2007, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AbsolutDistortion

A city is not only designed for architectural photography or communist urban planning supporters: The majority of inhabitants has to be able to feel good living in it.

I fully aggree

Another rendering of the wheel:

Talisker · October 25th, 2007, 12:23 AM

What's the latest on the Breitscheidplatz plans? Looks very promising

kyler · November 3rd, 2007, 03:57 PM

wow, I'm fairly amazed at what is going to be built in Berlin. It might not be as much as in other cities but at least it's really good stuff! Especially "3 Leipziger" and that project at Kollwizplatz are really nice, unlike the majority of modern buildings. This is what modern architecture should be like!

The townhouses are pretty nice, too. Good onion, Berlin!! Poor but sexy!

erbse · November 10th, 2007, 10:32 PM

There's a huge leisure center in the pipeline for Berlin. It's probably going to be called Polaris, due to the indoor ski slope it'll house.

The highest spot will be about 70metres, it'll be 305m long and 65m wide.

Underneath the ski dome there will be a water park (with an area of about 16'500m²). If the weather's nice (what's a rather seldom case in Berlin

) the glass roof can be reversed.

The Central Plaza will offer some gastronomy and entertainment. It'll sprawl over an area of nearly 27'000m².

According to the investors there will emerge 800 jobs out of this project.
This 152-million-€uro investment is about to begin.
It's expected to welcome approximately 1.46 million visitors a year in Polaris.

Time for a vacation eh

Frankfurter_Bockwurst · November 10th, 2007, 10:40 PM

atleast something worth for a trip to berlin

erbse · November 10th, 2007, 11:05 PM

Maybe this also warrants a trip to our capital, for shopping or stuff like that anyway.

'City mansions' ('Stadtvillen' in German, is there any correct English term for this?) at the Falkoniergasse behind the anglo-neogothic Friedrichswerdersche Kirche (=church) by the Berlin architect Schinkel.

You find an interesting (German) homepage of this project, if u click this link. It offers some renders and sparse informations 'bout this classic project.

Size of the property: 2634 m² (sqm)
Rentable area: 7600 m²
Potential date of move-in: 1st quarter of 2010

A couple of drawings:

Rendering from the northwest:

A white mansion:

Shopping arcades at the Falkoniergasse (day- and nightview, obviously):

Another (newly built) white mansion this project includes:

I really like that style. Such buildings should be a prototype of Germany's future urban development, besides great (and I mean great, not plain modernistic) modern architecture. Just gotta love classical buildings like that, they add a lot of aesthetics and urbanism to the cityscape

goschio · November 11th, 2007, 02:52 AM

They could have made the outside of Polaris a bit nicer. Looks like the one in the Ruhr area. But I like that the have a modern snow/ice theme rather than the traditional alpine/beergarden one typical for other ski halls.

city_thing · November 11th, 2007, 03:16 AM

erbsenzaehler, I think the term you're looking for is 'mansionette' -possibly. I'm not too sure either. Maybe we don't have a literal translation for 'city mansion' in English. But from looking at the pictures, I'd probably just use the term 'terrace'.

GNU · November 15th, 2007, 03:36 PM

New interior ministry:

will be completed in 2014

Kampflamm · November 16th, 2007, 12:31 AM

Looks like a disassembled swastika.

HelloMoto163 · November 17th, 2007, 06:15 PM

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dklicious. · November 17th, 2007, 07:22 PM

Are you blind?

Look at #126.

HelloMoto163 · November 17th, 2007, 08:23 PM

lol
i didn´t see that

dklicious. · November 17th, 2007, 08:29 PM

By the way, new projects.

Proposed Projects:

Friedrichstraße 100:
Boarding Hotel 3*** or 4****

Quote:

Constructor: HPE HANSEATICA Property GmbH
Rentable area: 20.475 m2
Office space: 13.218 m2

Images/Information: berger-parkkinen.com/deutsch/port_friedrichstrasse.html

Federal Intelligence Service
New hq + open park

Quote:

Headquarters of the BND (FIS). The park is open for everyone.
This is where our top agents can relax from their spying activities.

Government District
Completion of the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus

Quote:

The facts:
- Addition of a glass rotunda, only 15m lower than the Reichstagskuppel
- Start of the completion: 2009, End of construction: 2013
- the building will get a more "representative entrance", says Manfred Thierse, vice president of the Federal Diet

Under Construction: Updates

Upper Eastside Berlin
Unter den Linden/Friedrichstraße

Quote:

At the EXPO Real Munich:

(c) baustellenblick.de, Mediendatenbank der Messe München International

O²-World Berlin
Part of the Mediaspree project

Quote:

Teh webcam:

10/11/07:

17/11/07:

(c): o2-world.de

Starting soon/Short News:
- Spreedreieck (page 1) pre-construction has started. Construction will start in spring 2008.
- Berlin Wheel pre-construction work has started.
- Viewing point near the BBI Airport opened (30m 'tower')
- Saudi-Arabian embassy finished, needs getting used to in my opinion.

That's all for now.

madridhere · November 17th, 2007, 08:43 PM

Very interesting arquitecture in Berlin. Thanks for your pix.

GNU · November 23rd, 2007, 03:09 PM

Not really convinced whether thats the right sort of building for that location.
It would probably look better somewhere around the zoo.
I think they should have opted for a more conservative design (stone facade) at the Friedrichstrasse.

UrbanDesigner · December 9th, 2007, 07:53 PM

What's going on with the old/new Palace for Mitte? Is it going to be rebuilt?

dklicious. · December 9th, 2007, 09:03 PM

Yep.

Will be finished in 2013 I think.

October 25th, 2007, 12:23 AM	#124
Talisker dE/dm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Newcastle Posts: 1,715 Likes (Received): 24	What's the latest on the Breitscheidplatz plans? Looks very promising __________________ There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men - Maurice Herzog

November 3rd, 2007, 03:57 PM	#125
kyler Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 5 Likes (Received): 0	wow, I'm fairly amazed at what is going to be built in Berlin. It might not be as much as in other cities but at least it's really good stuff! Especially "3 Leipziger" and that project at Kollwizplatz are really nice, unlike the majority of modern buildings. This is what modern architecture should be like! The townhouses are pretty nice, too. Good onion, Berlin!! Poor but sexy! Last edited by kyler; November 3rd, 2007 at 04:04 PM.

November 10th, 2007, 10:32 PM	#126
erbse Leave UiG alone! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mecklenburg, California of Germany ja! Posts: 20,294 Likes (Received): 4860	Entertainment Center - Announced There's a huge leisure center in the pipeline for Berlin. It's probably going to be called Polaris, due to the indoor ski slope it'll house. The highest spot will be about 70metres, it'll be 305m long and 65m wide. Underneath the ski dome there will be a water park (with an area of about 16'500m²). If the weather's nice (what's a rather seldom case in Berlin ) the glass roof can be reversed. The Central Plaza will offer some gastronomy and entertainment. It'll sprawl over an area of nearly 27'000m². According to the investors there will emerge 800 jobs out of this project. This 152-million-€uro investment is about to begin. It's expected to welcome approximately 1.46 million visitors a year in Polaris. Time for a vacation eh __________________ MARS☻ONE *Making a Mars Settlement a Reality! (FAQ • SSC Thread • Mars One Fans Forum)*

November 10th, 2007, 11:05 PM	#128
erbse Leave UiG alone! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mecklenburg, California of Germany ja! Posts: 20,294 Likes (Received): 4860	City mansions at the Falkoniergasse Maybe this also warrants a trip to our capital, for shopping or stuff like that anyway. 'City mansions' ('Stadtvillen' in German, is there any correct English term for this?) at the Falkoniergasse behind the anglo-neogothic Friedrichswerdersche Kirche (=church) by the Berlin architect Schinkel. You find an interesting (German) homepage of this project, if u click this link. It offers some renders and sparse informations 'bout this classic project. Size of the property: 2634 m² (sqm) Rentable area: 7600 m² Potential date of move-in: 1st quarter of 2010 A couple of drawings: Rendering from the northwest: A white mansion: Shopping arcades at the Falkoniergasse (day- and nightview, obviously): Another (newly built) white mansion this project includes: I really like that style. Such buildings should be a prototype of Germany's future urban development, besides great (and I mean great, not plain modernistic) modern architecture. Just gotta love classical buildings like that, they add a lot of aesthetics and urbanism to the cityscape __________________ MARS☻ONE *Making a Mars Settlement a Reality! (FAQ • SSC Thread • Mars One Fans Forum)*

November 11th, 2007, 02:52 AM	#129
goschio Oh sweet lord Jesus Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BERLIN Posts: 4,903 Likes (Received): 252	They could have made the outside of Polaris a bit nicer. Looks like the one in the Ruhr area. But I like that the have a modern snow/ice theme rather than the traditional alpine/beergarden one typical for other ski halls. __________________ Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. Matthew 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

October 17th, 2007, 02:30 PM	#121
österbottning Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jakobstad, Finland Posts: 11 Likes (Received): 0	Projects Palais Kolle Belle and Upper Eastside (stupid name) look very promising!

October 19th, 2007, 11:47 PM	#122
AbsolutDistortion Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Barcelona Posts: 7 Likes (Received): 0	Surely, Berlin's charme is pretty much a result of the fact that it has indeed a lot of places and areas where you are able to ... take a breath, recover a bit from the live in a metropolis. But... What I can't stand are some of the failed urban plannings undertaken in the 60s and 70s, e.g. the Grunerstraße - whole district had to give way for a simple main street? - or south of Breitscheidtplatz - misplaced tunnel for crosswalk. For me, parts of Alexanderplatz belong to this category. For instance, the 10 meter broad walkway in the north east; who is supposed to feel comfortable while passing it by? A city is not only designed for architectural photography or communist urban planning supporters: The majority of inhabitants has to be able to feel good living in it. I can only applaude when they have finished the reconstruction and revision of these areas; luckily, they are already working on it. And, still, after having finished those works there are still plenty of areas, parks etc. where you can do exactly what I was writing about in the beginning - even more than in most of the major cities of the world.

November 10th, 2007, 10:40 PM	#127
Frankfurter_Bockwurst 3d Artist Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Frankfurt Posts: 1,563 Likes (Received): 195	atleast something worth for a trip to berlin

November 11th, 2007, 03:16 AM	#130
city_thing I gots purdy hair Join Date: May 2006 Location: Melbourne. Posts: 6,974 Likes (Received): 177	erbsenzaehler, I think the term you're looking for is 'mansionette' -possibly. I'm not too sure either. Maybe we don't have a literal translation for 'city mansion' in English. But from looking at the pictures, I'd probably just use the term 'terrace'. __________________ Calling occupants of interplanetary craft...

November 15th, 2007, 03:36 PM	#131
GNU Gnuru Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brave GNU World Posts: 2,787 Likes (Received): 10	New interior ministry: will be completed in 2014

November 16th, 2007, 12:31 AM	#132
Kampflamm Tonight... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 914 representin' Posts: 21,668 Likes (Received): 7217	Looks like a disassembled swastika. __________________ ★ First Chairman of the Friends of Shahbaz Sharif Society for the Advancement of Elevated Public Transportation ★ now presenting: ANTWERP

November 17th, 2007, 06:15 PM	#133
HelloMoto163 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 446 Likes (Received): 2	"Polaris Center" ----- Last edited by HelloMoto163; November 17th, 2007 at 08:23 PM.

November 17th, 2007, 07:22 PM	#134
dklicious. Granny don't! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ze land of beer and blonde Mädchen. Posts: 112 Likes (Received): 0	Are you blind? Look at #126.

November 17th, 2007, 08:23 PM	#135
HelloMoto163 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 446 Likes (Received): 2	lol i didn´t see that

November 17th, 2007, 08:43 PM	#137
madridhere Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,139 Likes (Received): 45	Very interesting arquitecture in Berlin. Thanks for your pix. __________________ La libertad, Sancho, es uno de los más preciosos dones que a los hombres dieron los cielos; con ella no pueden igualarse los tesoros que encierran la tierra y el mar: por la libertad, así como por la honra, se puede y debe aventurar la vida. Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that Heaven gave to men; with it the treasures of the earth and the sea can´t be compared; for freedom, and for honour, one can and one should give his life(Cervantes in "Don Quixote") Il faut être absolument moderne (Rimbaud)

November 23rd, 2007, 03:09 PM	#138
GNU Gnuru Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brave GNU World Posts: 2,787 Likes (Received): 10	Not really convinced whether thats the right sort of building for that location. It would probably look better somewhere around the zoo. I think they should have opted for a more conservative design (stone facade) at the Friedrichstrasse.

December 9th, 2007, 07:53 PM	#139
UrbanDesigner Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: CHARLOTTE USA Posts: 119 Likes (Received): 0	What's going on with the old/new Palace for Mitte? Is it going to be rebuilt? __________________ Liberal Christian Democrat

December 9th, 2007, 09:03 PM	#140
dklicious. Granny don't! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ze land of beer and blonde Mädchen. Posts: 112 Likes (Received): 0	Yep. Will be finished in 2013 I think.

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