Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace

REMISE IMMANUELKIRCHSTRASSE WORKSPACE

JWA Berlin + Ralf Wilkening Architect

Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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ARCHITECTS
JWA Berlin, Ralf Wilkening Architect

LEAD ARCHITECT
Lukas Beer

CONCRETE WORKS
Hochbau KW Wohn- und Industriebau GmbH, Königs Wusterhausen

MANUFACTURERS
Geberit, Feco, Grohe, Haworth, Laufen, RZB, Roma, Villeroy & Boch, Hans Timm-Fensterbau, Irden, Spich

CLIENTS
Suwelack SHC GmbH, Billerbeck

MEP
Ingenieurbüro Dr. Specht

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
fd-ingenieure

TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
Kai Vater Zimmerei und Holzbau GmbH & Co. KG, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

DESIGN TEAM
Alisa Joseph, Pedro Hamon, Hannah Knittel, Luisa Schäfer, Annett Schneider, Christoph Seibt, Aaron Schedler, Jean-Baptiste Bernard, Matic Cerin

PHOTOGRAPHS
Simon Menges

AREA
655 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Berlin, Germany

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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The site for a start-up REMISE (a tenement-block outhouse, historically a workshop-cum-carriage house) at Immanuelkirchstraße is situated in the Prenzlauer Berg district.

It in turn rests, geologically, entirely on the ground moraines of the Barnim Plateau.Eighty percent of the existing building was erected over a hundred years ago (ca. 1890–1905).

Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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The structure was always the same: a front building, a back building, and then a Remise, the outhouse. The occupancy mix was vibrant. While the front and back buildings were used for living, artisans plied their trades in the REMISE: carpenters, saddlers, locksmiths, printers, bakers.

Many of the necessities for life were manufactured on-the-spot. Although the apartments remain, the trades have long disappeared, replaced by graphic designers, programmers, planners and others.

Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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The idea of a multi-use urban environment has finally reappeared again.Some people would say, “Great idea! But the thing with the Barnim Plateau ground moraines is really irrelevant.” Not so. Without it, the basement level would be constantly flooded with water. Knowledge gleaned from the past almost always helps.

Four office spaces are created in the REMISE, each of which extends over one floor and can be divided individually using drywalls. A roof terrace allows the users to relax in the sun.

Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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The illumination takes place through the large glass facade which creates small balconies by playing with the window positions. Based on a hybrid construction, made of reinforced concrete and wood, the REMISE benefits from the qualities of both materials.

The walls were made as structural elements from exposed concrete. In addition, all ceilings were made in a composite building technique: the prefabricated, wooden ceiling beams are placed in the recesses of the concrete walls and provided with a slab, on which in turn a layer of concrete is applied.

Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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The ceiling construction remains visible in the interior and contributes significantly to the special atmosphere of the rooms. In terms of energy, construction time, and lifespan, it became clear that a hybrid construction with wood was superior to a classic solid construction in this project.


Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
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Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace
Basement plan
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Ground floor plan
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Second floor plan


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Site plan