| Park Kolonaden am Potsdamer Platz |
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The overall urban planning concept, representing
the result of a design competition, is based on the prize-winning
entry by architect Giorgio Grassi of Milan.
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In the urban ground plan, the development structure
is revealed as one organic figure, consisting of a head-building
(tower), three U-shaped blocks and - at right-angles
to them - another U-shaped block which
is actually formed of two L-shaped buildings.
The five individual building complexes are separated
by streets and six metre wide "urban slots".
The development rounds off the new Potsdamer Platz
on the south-east.
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Grassi's ideas on the building types and dimensions, the
eaves which - with the exception of the highrise building -are
uniform, the lattice facades, the use of just a few
different materials such as clinker and light sandstone
to create a binding identity between the blocks, and
then the continuous outer precincts designed by land-scape
architect Prof. Gustav Lange, with twenty-five
40-year-old pines, give the complex a strikingly
distinctive character.
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The clarity and meaningful simplicity, the reduction to
essentials, the aesthetic abstraction consciously follow
the tradition of Berlin's great 19th century architect,
Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The complex is far more than
an addition of architectural vanities.
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| Investor |
A+T Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
& Co Potsdamer Platz Berlin KG |
| Architects |
Architekten Schweger + Partner
Professor Giorgio Grassi
Professor Jürgen Sawade
Diener + Diener Architekten
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| Start of construction |
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| Underground garage |
1996 |
| Buildings |
1998 |
| Completion |
12-2001 |
| Site area |
16,519 m² |
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| Floor area |
75,000 m² |
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| Use concept (lettable area) |
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| Office premises |
44,400 m² |
| Retail / catering premises |
4,700 m² |
| Apartments |
9,140 m² |
| Other areas |
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| User |
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| Offices |
Ver.di, Cargolifter |
| Apartments |
Renting |
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