Architects:Max Dudler

Area :45000 m²

Year :2022

Photographs :Stefan Müller

Lightning :Schlotfeldt Licht Hamburg/ Berlin

structural Engineer :Ingenieurbüro Rüdiger Jockwer GmbH Berlin

Project Management : Alexander Bonte, Andreea Porosnicu (deputy PM)

Team Members : David Pfister, Miriam Barona, Liliya Lukynchuk

Housing Technology : Ingenieurbüro IGET GmbH Berlin, Janowski & CO Berlin

Building Physics + Acoustics : Müller-BBM GmbH Berlin

Fire Safety : Brandschutz im Kontext Berlin

City : Berlin

Country : Germany

Inspired by legendary Berlin department store architecture, Max Dudler has redesigned the facades for the northern part of the Tegel Quartier. With two staggered tower superstructures and the motif of cascading facade pilasters, the architecture becomes a new focus of attraction for this revitalized pedestrian zone. The project, commissioned by HGHI Holding GmbH, is part of an undertaking that redefines Gorkistrasse – set at the heart of Berlin’s Reinickendorf district – as an urban shopping street. The entire project will reach completion this year, including the southern part, also designed by Max Dudler. Circa two-thirds of the new shops have already opened. The Rautenbach and Pechtold architecture offices have been commissioned with the planning and execution of the interiors.

Tegel Quartier Nord is a component of comprehensive modernization and expansion of the circa 250-meter long pedestrian zone is known as Gorkistrasse, which includes the former Tegel Shopping Center, the former Hertie Department Store, and the Tegel Market Hall, so steeped in tradition. In collaboration with HGHI, the project’s aim was to revitalize this historic pedestrian zone and to reinvest stationary retail in Tegel with new attractiveness. At the same time, such an upgrade of a building from the 1970s represents a prototypical architectural task with regard to ‘sustainability.’