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The Garden

The Garden
© Jens Willebrand

THE GARDEN

Eike Becker Architekten

FIRE PROTECTION
hhpberlin

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Machleidt GmbH

MANUFACTURERS
GIRA, Duravit, Hormann, Saint-Gobain, Schüco

SPACE EFFICIENCY
81%

SUPPORTING STRUCTURE
Professor Pfeifer und Partner Ingenieurbüro für Tragwerksplanung

BUILDING SERVICES
Ingenieurgesellschaft Ridder und Meyn mbH

OUTDOOR FACILITIES
Topotek 1

RESIDENTIAL UNITS
281

RENTED FLATS
161

OWNER OCCUPIED FLATS
120

COMMERCIAL UNITS
6

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jens Willebrand

BUDGET
54 Mio. Euro

AREA
37200 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Berlin, Germany

CATEGORY
Housing

Text description provided by architect.

n August 2016 the new residential district “The Garden” with owner-occupied as well as rented flats was completed.

The Garden
© Jens Willebrand
The Garden
© Jens Willebrand

Directly in the middle of Berlin, across from the new headquarter of the German Secret Service, a complex of buildings with 5 to 7 above-ground levels was built.

161 exquisite rented flats, 115 owner-occupied flats, 7 commercial units and 88 underground parking spaces find a place there now. Spacious patios, cantilevered balconies as well as the wonderfully arranged city garden give “The Garden” its name. 

The Garden
© Jens Willebrand
The Garden
© Jens Willebrand

Calm courtyards and secluded, idyllic gardens provide greenery and create places of retreat. Plastic building structures and diverse intertwined facades shape the appearance of this superferent design.

The building complex was developed on Chausseestrasse, the oldest route between the center of Berlin and the district of Wedding, right where the former border area between West and East Berlin left a desolate, empty lot in the nineties.

The concept for the site is based on forerunners from the nineteenth century.

The Garden
© Jens Willebrand
The Garden
© Jens Willebrand

For example, Riehmer’s Hofgarten in the district of Kreuzberg and the Amelia Park in the district of Pankow are ensembles of magnificent residential buildings that cover a quarter or even half of an entire neighborhood, each with narrow pathways and green spaces that lead from one street to another.

The attractiveness of The Garden is rooted in a similar design. Rising seven stories at their full height, the front buildings with apartments as well as office spaces along Chausseestrasse form a gate.

A walkway leads from the opening between the two flat- topped towers, pointing toward the neo-Gothic chapel of the cemetery of the Cathedral Parish and passing three small, green inner courtyards.

The Garden
© Jens Willebrand
The Garden
© Jens Willebrand

Adjacent to the building on the northwest are four townhouses and adjacent to the office building on the southeast are nine.

Each townhouse has seven stories with the top two floors designed in penthouse style.

The Garden
© Jens Willebrand
The Garden
© Jens Willebrand

The fact that all the townhouses have small gardens to the rear – hence the name “The Garden” – is a rarity for such a centrally located property in Berlin.


The Garden
© Jens Willebrand
The Garden
© Jens Willebrand
The Garden
© Jens Willebrand
The Garden
© Jens Willebrand


The Garden
© Jens Willebrand
The Garden
© Jens Willebrand


The Garden
Site Plan


The Garden
Houses 1 and 2 - Floor Plan
The Garden
Houses 3, 4 and 5 - Floor Plan
The Garden
Houses 6 and 7- Floor Plan
The Garden
Drawing

Eike Becker _  Architekten
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