Sauerbruch Hutton Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH

Die Macherei Building Ensemble

Die Macherei Building Ensemble 

Sauerbruch Hutton

Die Macherei Building Ensemble
© Jan Bitter
Die Macherei Building Ensemble
© Jan Bitter

LEAD TEAM
David Wegener, Ilona Priwitzer

ARCHITECTS TEAM
Louisa Hutton, Matthias Sauerbruch, Juan Lucas Young, Mareike Lamm, Ilona Priwitzer, David Wegener, Lou-salome Bienvenu, Mengyuan Cao, Anita Fabbiano, Katharina Fleck, Lucia Martinez Estefania, Rashi Shah, María Silvestre Martinez, Rostyslav Skyba, Marie Sophie Starlinger, Alina Tapley, Aleksandra Wypior

ENGINEERING & CONSULTING > SERVICES
Hps Haustechnik Planungsbüro Schumacher Gmbh, Müller Bbm Gmbh

ENGINEERING & CONSULTING > FIRE PROTECTION
Hhp West Beratende Ingenieure Gmbh

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Sinai Gesellschaft Von Landschaftsarchitekten Mbh

ENGINEERING & CONSULTING > LIGHTING
Kardorff Ingenieure Lichtplanung Gmbh

ENGINEERING & CONSULTING > STRUCTURAL
Werner Sobek Ag

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jan Bitter

AREA
10040 M²

YEAR
2024

LOCATION
Germany

CATEGORY
Offices, Refurbishment, Commercial Architecture

Die Macherei Building Ensemble
© Jan Bitter

Text description provided by architect.

The master plan for the site of the former Postscheckamt in Berlin Kreuzberg reintegrates the existing high-rise from the 1970s into the urban structure, establishing a connection between the Wilhelminian style quarters nearby and the urban landscape of post-war modernism.

On the previously commercially used site, a spatial weave of typological diversity and quality public space unfolds between the quiet residential area by the park and the vibrant neighborhood by the canal.

Die Macherei Building Ensemble
© Jan Bitter
Die Macherei Building Ensemble
© Jan Bitter

Part of this ensemble is an eight-story office building directly adjacent to Hallesches Ufer, which, together with a neighbouring housing development, encloses a jointly used courtyard.

The ground floor with restaurant and retail spaces opens up invitingly on all sides and provides views into the landscaped inner courtyard. Each floor is divided into two units and can be configured either as a single or multi-tenant model.

Die Macherei Building Ensemble
© Jan Bitter
Die Macherei Building Ensemble
© Jan Bitter

The building's rational structure with a compact central core, optimized structural grid, and surrounding ribbon windows maximizes daylighting and allows flexible floor plans for a wide range of office concepts.

The building's materiality is influenced by the former industrial character of Berlin's Kreuzberg district. The ribbon façade is characterised by the use of contoured ceramics glazed in green tones.

This rather robust cladding alternates with the filigree glazing of the window bands. A gentle folding of the parapet and the outer window panes sets the strict horizontality of the façade in motion.

Die Macherei Building Ensemble
© Jan Bitter
Die Macherei Building Ensemble
© Jan Bitter

Depending on the time of day and the viewer's position, the reflections of glass and ceramics offer a constantly changing appearance.

Overall, the building elements of rough and refined materials complement each other both along the façade and within the interiors, giving the building a harmonious appearance of simple elegance and lightness.


Die Macherei Building Ensemble
Ground Floor Plan
Die Macherei Building Ensemble
Typical Floor Plan
Die Macherei Building Ensemble
Site Plan
Die Macherei Building Ensemble
Urban Isometric


Die Macherei Building Ensemble
Section A
Die Macherei Building Ensemble
Exploded Isometric
Die Macherei Building Ensemble
Light Scheme

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