The architecture office BATEK ARCHITEKTEN has completed a future-oriented new building for Berlin’s centrally located district Mitte. Architecture and interior design of the formally restraint yet spatially cleverly organized townhouse are by the Berlin-based architecture office. The new build containing two residential units fills a vacant plot against a fire wall in a typical Berlin courtyard. With the project RHE42 BATEK ARCHITEKTEN has created a high-quality living space within a small area in the middle of the city.

▼项目概览， overall of the project ©Marcus Wend

Upward tapering cubes, stacked upon each other make up the distinct typology of the townhouse, which is a good example of contemporary urban densification. In addition to the architecture, also the interior design of RHE42 underlines the functional and consistently thought-through approach to spatial concepts by BATEK ARCHITEKTEN.

The four-storey structure is made of three boxes stacked on top of one another: the largest box at the bottom contains the ground and first floor; above are the other two boxes, each set back slightly from the one below. The facades have a uniform, coloured plaster finish, the floor-to-ceiling windows are flush with the outer walls. The offsetting of the cubic volumes affords terrace areas around each floor.