Ester Bruzkus Architekten

The Green Box

The Green Box 

Ester Bruzkus Architekten

The Green Box
© Robert Rieger

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Ester Bruzkus & Peter Greenberg

MANUFACTURERS
Gira, Audo, Caparol Icons , Casamance, Ferreira De Sá, Frama, Jab, Kvadrat, Santha Magherita, Svenskttenn, Vola

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Gorskovs Bau

ELECTRICAL WORKS
Elektroservice Niemynarz

LIGHT PLANNING
Pslab Stuttgart

CARPENTRY
Farmer Int. Berlin

FF&E PROCUREMENT
Studio Coucou

AREA
120 M²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Robert Rieger

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Berlin, Germany

CATEGORY
Residential Interiors, Detail, Decoration & Ornament

The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger

The apartment uses strong colors, natural materials, precise planning, contrasts of cool and warm – and a few surprises. By locating a single but complex green millwork box at the center of the long apartment, circulation can flow around all sides and the design makes the most of existing material conditions.

The palette of rich colors and materials contrasts with neutral raw concrete walls and ceilings to harmonize cool and warm.

Before Ester Bruzkus Architekten transformed the top-floor apartment into a cozy home for a Berlin couple living a vegan lifestyle, the empty apartment had floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides and exposed concrete walls on the other sides.

The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger

It was raw and cool and open - and there was something nice about that to hold onto in the new design.

So rather than create a series of conventional rooms that would close off the sense of openness, a single millwork box was positioned away from the walls to make rooms between it and the existing walls.

The box, lacquered in a deep green, works with warm gold violets and brown tones to play off the cool concrete ceiling and wall, contrasting materials and colors, and carefully crafted details to make a home that is at once cool and cozy.

The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger


The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger


The Green Box
© Robert Rieger
The Green Box
© Robert Rieger


The Green Box
Floor Plan
The Green Box
Axonometric

Ester Bruzkus Architekten
T +49 30 23597940
Ester Bruzkus Architekten
Schwedter Str. 34a, 10435 Berlin, Germany