C1工作场所，布鲁兹库斯·格林伯格丨德国柏林

Architects:Bruzkus Greenberg

Area:1600m²

Year:2025

Photographs:Robert Rieger

Category:Offices Interiors

Team:Ester Bruzkus, Peter Greenberg, Max Werner, Anna Kopeina, Sina Hartmann

Ff&E Procurement:Studio Coucou

City:Berlin

Country:Germany

Text description provided by the architects. The shared amenity spaces at Berlin's C1 office building draw on the warmth and ease of the home office — comfort, domesticity, and informality — while embracing the energy of a shared workplace. Here, social interaction and collective identity unfold within generously scaled furniture and welcoming environments designed to bring people together.

Bruzkus Greenberg draw on references from hotel lobbies, cafés, bars, and restaurants, using domestic furniture, varied lighting conditions, and differentiated atmospheres. This approach reflects the logic of the sharing economy: the shared amenities offer the kinds of spaces and experiences that exceed what individuals can reasonably have in their home offices.

Mixing bespoke and vintage furnishings with curated off-theshelf products, the shared settings offer a rich combination of warm and cool to create colorful, material-rich spaces. The design language is reduced but opulent. By combining their expertise in hospitality, residential, and workplace design, Bruzkus Greenberg create shared amenity spaces that are comfortable, contemporary, and social.

At C1, six floors of conventional office space are anchored by two lower levels devoted entirely to shared amenities, forming a "third place" within the building. As employees return to the workplace, they demand more than a functional desk; they seek environments that nurture both performance and well-being. These collective spaces support focused work, teamwork, relaxation, and informal dialogue. The spatial separation between communal floors and private offices enables tenants to customize their workspaces while relying on high-quality shared environments that exceed what individual offices typically provide.

In order to make the space truly unique, Bruzkus Greenberg designed a line of sofas and tables for the lobby spaces. Using custom furniture avoids the impression that a lobby is furnished by particular furniture brand – which can result in something predictable and generic. The bespoke furniture creates a line of products that share a common aesthetic but are finished with different colors and materials. The sofas and chairs are finished with plain and textured fabrics and have end panels that are fabric-wrapped or exposed wood in different species; the tables are made from different stones and wood species. To make the settings feel more unique, these original sofas and tables are positioned together with curated vintage pieces and less-seen off-the-shelf furniture. The aesthetic is unified but varied.

While it has become more and more common for landlords to provide shared programmatic amenities as a benefit to their tenants, the difference at C1 is the attention to design that the amenities have been given. The spaces are intended to feel more comfortable than the usual office lobby. They are designed to invite you to sit and work in a comfortable way. By mixing freestanding furniture pieces with built-in elements, comfortable rooms are created within the larger room, offering different ways to work.

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