aware lab Berlin
ARCHITECTS
Kessler Plescher Architekten
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Katrin Julia Plescher, Arne Kessler
LOCATION
Berlin, Germany
CATEGORY
Laboratory
Keßler Plescher Architekten designed the first outlet for the healthcare start-up aware in Berlin.
The company provides services based on blood tests such as comprehensive information and guidance to improve well-being.
The design and layout of the lab seek to facilitate the idea of integrating this service into people's lives at a very prominent location.
Clients come here to have a blood sample taken - a service that takes usually part in a doctor's office.
The design aims to create a new experience for the clients since probably very few people ever had a blood sample taken in a place that felt comforting and looked good.
The place presented itself with a number of load-bearing pillars that had to be integrated into the layout of the design and a facade on two sides facing both the Rosenthaler Strasse as well as the Auguststrasse.
The booths are arranged at the rear side, the steel frame doors follow a zig-zag line. The glass panes are treated with plastic foils functioning as a mirror from the outside.
From the inside the glass doesn’t reflect but allows to look to the other side of the street.
This way the process of having a blood sample taken in the middle of the city becomes a very public experience for the clients without giving up their privacy.
Anyone standing on the outside of the cabins will see the city reflected in the mirrors.
Mirror-polished stainless steel is arranged with leather and polycarbonate panels to give the place a sterile yet lab-like appearance. Wooden chairs complement the set-up.