Architects:Zanderroth Architekten

Area :57606 m²

Year :2020

Photographs :Simon Menges

Landscape Architecture :KUULA Landschaftsarchitekten

Plantings :GKR Hydro GmbH

Architects Team : Sascha Zander, Christian Roth, Anne Muller-Reitz, Tony Rhiem, Katrin Schubert, Kerstin Herzinger, Sofie Vaasen, Sabrina Schreiber, Sven Syndicus, Henning Wiethaus

Project Development : SmartHoming GmbH

Project Development Team : Sascha Zander, Claudia Schlüter, Laura Dietsch, Milena Kalojanov, Irina Pelmegow, Kirka Fietzek, Christine Nußbaum

Client : UBM Development Deutschland GmbH

Structural & Building Services Engineer : Seidl & Partner Gesamtplanung GmbH

City : Berlin

Country : Germany

Urban Placement. Close to everything yet quiet. That’s what it means to live in “old” South Pankow, directly on the border of Prenzlauer Berg. The area around Vinetastrasse from Thulestrasse to Wisbyer Strasse has developed considerably in recent years, today forming a mixture of modern buildings and buildings from the Gründerzeit, Berlin’s “founding era”. Most of the buildings are perimeter block developments, surrounded by a historic stock of trees.

The “Thulekiez” is a calm, relaxing neighbourhood, which nevertheless offers considerable opportunities for creative design. The “th62” project was built on a former commercial site within the residential area, and adds six new free-standing structures to Thulestrasse that, in their unusual arrangement, create new relationships to the surroundings and offer new qualities of open space. The ensemble’s confident presence in its urban environment lends it a strong identity, while simultaneously engaging in a dialogue with its environment.