BERLIN - the update thread

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4 **** hotel , Klosterstraße :

In Berlins historischer Mitte, vis-à-vis des Roten Rathauses ist ein 6-geschossiges 4-Sternehotel mit ca. 230 Zimmern, einer großzügigen Eingangshalle mit Rezeption, Frühstücks-, Restaurant- und Konferenzbereich in Planung. Der Baukörper ergänzt die historische Blockschließung angrenzend an das Areal der Parochialkirche, einer der ältesten und bedeutendsten Sakralbauten Berlins. Die Gäste werden den Blick auf den historischen Kirchgarten und die historische Stadtmauer aus dem 17./18. Jahrhundert genießen

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• Easy Hotel , Hackescher Markt

NDC hat im Juni 2007 mit der easyGroup London ein Joint Venture vereinbart. Künftig entwickelt NDC, exklusiv für easyHotel, alle Projekte in Deutschland. Geplant ist, in den nächsten 4 Jahren 10 Hotels (z.B. in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Köln und Frankfurt) zu errichten. Das erste Hotel wird am Hackeschen Mark in Berlin gebaut. Der markante Eckbau beinhaltet 125 Zimmer, Rezeption und Betreiberwohnung.

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• Hotel Casa Camper, Rosenthaler/Weinmeisterstraße 1,

Neubau eines Designhotels für die spanische Campergruppe- Hotel Casa Camper mit 54 Zimmern, Rezeption, Frühstücksraum und Konferenzflächen. Das Hotel befindet sich in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Hackeschen Markt und wird inmitten der großstädtischen Infrastruktur von Berlin-Mitte im 1. Quartal 2009 eröffnet. Das Richtfest findet Ende Mai statt.

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• Studentenhaus auf dem TU-Campus, Marchstraße

Momentan entwickelt die NDC ein Areal mit einer Flächengröße von ca. 4.500 m² als Standort für ein Studentenwohnheim mit einer projektierten Nutzfläche von ca. 25.000 m² in Berlin-Charlottenburg im Bereich des Ernst-Reuter-Platzes und in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft zu den zentralen Wissenschafts- und Verwaltungseinrichtungen der Technischen Universität Berlin. Es entstehen ca. 550 Studentenapartments in verschiedenen Größen, sowie Gemeinschaftsflächen und Läden.

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renderings only available tru linking, they are to big to post here

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This is how the "Brandenburger Tor" U-Bahn station is going to look like :



and a closer look to the actual construction site (enlarged webcam view):

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Renderings of the Schöneberger gasometer project:





Öffentlicher Bereich:


Geschützter Bereich:


Energy concept:

[khazars]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

I get confused here,wasn't this not a proposal of the Tryp hotel chain ??

the Hotel was meant to be initially built by Sol Melia, but they pulled out, so another Spanish company has stepped in! The land is owned by Goldstein!


http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.d...in/index.shtml

http://www.welt.de/welt_print/articl...nderplatz.html


Translation here below!

The hotel new building at the city hall road 3-5 was approved by the office for district center. Owner, investor and operator is after information of the authority the Spanish enterprise Batalla. Details to the project want to present office for district and investor in the coming week in Berlin. The four-star house with the name " Barcelona" has presumably 480 beds. It is established behind the cinema Cubix, opposite of the shopping centre Alexa. On property was before the multistoried building of the GDR Ministry of Health. It stood for many years empty and the building ruin had become. By November 2007 up to the spring 2008 it was torn off. Property is about 2500 square meters large. The new building is established to Schumacher after plans Frankfurt architect's offices cutters +. It is to consist of 50 meters high buildings with 14 floors and a sechsgeschossigen Querriegel to the Grunerstraße. The investment amounts to more than 60 million euros. 2010 should be finished the house.
Planning took more than four years. An underground tunnel in the underground caused difficulties. Originally the Spanish hotel chain Sol Melia wanted to operate the new hotel. She withdrew herself 2007.

[Grumpy]

Aha thanks for the info.

I really not that great fan of that setback but the base I do like very much.

This proposal didn't make altough it looked very "Berlinerisch" :

[khazars]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

Aha thanks for the info.

I really not that great fan of that setback but the base I do like very much.

This proposal didn't make altough it looked very "Berlinerisch" :

Was this the proposal for the hotel on Gruner strasse? Looks like the office block E3 plans for Alexander strasse south?

http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.d...wo/index.shtml

[Grumpy]

^^ you are right , I mixed the C & E blocks near the Alex

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Cladding of the Spreedreieck has begun , image from paderwan - DWF

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Hines , image by Dexter - DWF , click on it to enlarge:

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Tempelhof is closed ... when is there going to be a final decision about the entire area?

Even a zoo is an option:

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Some nice pictures posted by Chelsea Spy in the photo section :

finally the old building is demolished:


another remnant of DDR-days nearly down:


nice new architecture right next to the 'Alex' trainstation


the cladding goes on...

[Grumpy]

• SCHAUMANN COMPLEX , POTSDAMER PLATZ





Schaumann Development has acquired the last building site at Potsdamer Platz, heralded as the new heart of Berlin by urban developers, politicians, artists, architects and Berliners.

Potsdamer Platz is going to have a 68,000 sq.m. residential building block, complete with a luxury hotel, quality dwellings, offices, shops, a fitness center and a gourmet restaurant.

This new village in Berlin will merge business, housing and lifestyle in one of Berlin's most central and attractive neighbourhoods. And the location is not accidental. Nowhere but Potsdamer Platz do new ideas, thoughts and architectural solutions combine with a lifestyle that unites business with culture and recreation.

If you want to escape the bustle of city life, go for a stroll in Tiergarten, play golf, take a boat tour on the canals or take the U-Bahn. At Potsdamer Platz, everything lies literally at your doorstep.

The innovation, vision and design that epitomises Potsdamer Platz shines brightly through in the new award-winning Sony Center, where shopping, exciting experiences and technology are placed against an architectural backdrop that accentuates all Berlin.

The Schaumann Complex will reflect the beautiful lines that converge to create the architecture of the square. But Schaumann Development is also keen to add new ideas and open up unprecedented opportunities in the area.

Therefore, the project will become a village in Berlin, integrating business, housing, hotel and lifestyle with dynamic, contemporary architecture. At Potsdamer Platz you can live in an exclusive apartment, work in a nearby office, dine at excellent restaurants, get fit at the gym or go shopping at any number of shops, or travel elsewhere in Berlin easily, simply and quickly.

Berlin has taken its rightful place as one of Europe's cultural metropolises, with people flocking to see world-class art, galleries, theatres, opera and architecture. And the city’s three opera houses, eight symphony orchestras and wealth of big and small music venues give people of all ages plenty of choice.

Berlin is, of course, also one of Europe's largest fair cities, hosting fairs that feature industry, agriculture, tourism and technology, not to mention Berlin's famous film festival, held at Potsdamer Platz and attracting visitors from around the world.

Shopping is another boon, not least at Potsdamer Platz. The new three-storey shopping arcade and the Sony Center bring you the latest fashions, art & design, technology and whatever else your heart desires. Berlin also has hundreds of antique and flea markets, all holding out the promise of that ultimate find at an unbeatable bargain.

[khazars]

It's been recently announced that the Pergamon palais and the Fehrbelliner projects have been cancelled in the meantime due to the financial crisis!

It is hoped that another developer can be found for the Pergamon over the coming months. Orco, who have cancelled the Fehrbelliner project have stated that this will not affedt the Leipziger platz project which will commence construction in spring of 2009!


http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/arti...eumsinsel.html

[Grumpy]

Posted by Jeedai in SSC, the actual construction site of the BBI Airport:

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• A lovely set of images about the former Tempelhof Airport : click here

• Some facts of the BBI Airport control tower :



Observation tower with visitor pavilion for 80 people
Developer: Flughafen Berlin-Schoenefeld GmbH (FBS)
Architects: Kusus + Kusus Architekten
Planning and execution: 2006-2007

BBI-Infotower:
Shell: Steel construction
Foil facade which acts as a backdrop for multimedia projections
Dimensions: longest side dimensions approx. 12m on a triangular surface area.
Height: approx. 32m
Central access and utility core (massive construction) with 1 lift and an external steel staircase which spirals around the core.
Two observation platforms: Covered platform: approx. 74 m²
Open platform: approx. 74 m²
GFA (gross floor area): 343 m²
GCV (gross cubic volume): 2.720 m³

Visitor pavilion:
Shell: Steel construction
Foil facade which acts as a backdrop for multimedia projections, double-layered
Dimensions: longest side dimensions approx. 9 m x 25 m on a polygonal base.
Exhibition area: 125m²
Marketing/bistro: 16 m²
Office: 10m²
Sanitary facilities: 15m²
GFA (gross floor area): : 187 m²
GCV (gross cubic volume): 778 m³


BBI Infotower and visitor pavilion:
Total GFA: 530 m²
Total GCV: 3.500 m³


Persons associated with the building:
Developer Flughafen Berlin-Schoenefeld GmbH (FBS)
Architects Kusus + Kusus Architekten Berlin
General planners Kusus + Kusus Architekten Berlin
General contractor PORR Deutschland GmbH, Berlin Branch
Inspecting structural engineer Dr. Bergmann, Neuenhagen
Project steering CBP Airport GmbH


Visits:
The BBI infotower can only be visited by prior arrangement.
Registration through airportworld bbi
Berlin Airports Visitor Centre
Schönefeld Airport
12521 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 6091-2250
Fax +49 30 6091-2071
E-Mail: bbi-info@berlin-airport.de

Internet: www.berlin-airport.de/DE/Dialog/AirportworldBBI/
Meeting point airportworld bbi, then on with shuttle buses to the BBI Infotower
Departure times four tours daily: 10.30 AM, 12:30 PM 2:30 PM 4:30 PM
Prices

10 Euro per person / Discounts for children/school groups / 50 persons max. per group

[Grumpy]

how is the actual situation of this project near the 'Nordbahnhof' ?

[mic of orion]

some really great projects going on there

[khazars]

The former Bechstein piano factory at Mortizplatz is to be converted into a new building for artists, architects etc! This is good news as this area is very blighted and run down!

Oops it's to be a creative department store to offer approximately 250 architects, craftsmen and artists a place to develop!

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/Kr...art270,2678019

[khazars]

Gasometer construction to start next year! 500 million investment.

http://www.bild.de/BILD/berlin/aktue...mer-platz.html


translation using google .


It becomes a giant from glass. The small brother of the Potsdamer place develops in the middle in beautiful mountain! For 500 million euros to 2011/2012 around the Gasometer a hotel, an office and houses, a restaurant and a Germany first private energy university are built approximately - approximately 4.2 kilometers from the prominent brother removes. And with 120,000 square meter effective area about four times smaller Yesterday cut of the spade for the building project was „European energy forum “(Euref). Investor Reinhard Mueller (55) wants to create here 5000 jobs, speaks of „of Europe first climaticneutral quarter and Berlin most energy-economical Kiez “. Because: Is built according to newest requirements for climatic protection - CO2-neutral! Before the construction work begins on the former gas AG area, poisonous industrial chemicals must be removed from the loamy soil. They are to be abgebaggert in the coming four weeks - approximately 800 tons per day. In the next year investor, „children are to already play Mueller there, thus and rave “. District mayor Ekkehard volume (63, SPD): „That was here zig years fallow land. For our district and humans those live, are the project a large enrichment, a revaluation here. “ It gives nevertheless adjacent resident, who faces the energy Kiez sceptically. A citizens' initiative considers the gigantic extents covered, is afraid emptying and. Reinhard Mueller: „We will not build anything, before we do not have tenants for the projects. “ A main user: The Euref institute. Mueller: „In a time, in which climatic and energy problems rank among the largest challenges, the Euref area becomes soon in the center of the attention. Far beyond Berlin. “



Schimmelpfeng haus put on ice due to financial crisis!


http://www.bild.de/BILD/berlin/aktue...in-gefahr.html


Highrise building construction at the zoo stopped! The world-wide financial crisis meets now also the filet real estate in demand in the town center west. All structural drawings for the famous Schimmelpfenghaus at the Kant route are put to ice.

The Kant route, in the shade of the emperor Wilhelm memory church: For over five years the Eurohypo, a daughter of the Commerzbank, is Eigentümer of the house Schimmelpfeng (1957-1960 builds). The real estate planners wanted to establish the so-called Atlas Tower (119 m highly) there.

But then an investor jumped off surprisingly in September 2007. Now also the second backer suddenly took to distance.

Both are heavily fastened of the US bank crisis. Wolfgang Hummel (48) of the senate administration for town development: „We experienced of the Eurohypo that the sales negotiations failed in August and the Eurohypo again owners of the Schimmelpfenghauses are.

“ Actually should be begun still in this year with the building of the multistoried building. Tearing off and new building permission for a possible luxury hotel are present.

But the future of the 1-A-Immobilie is further uncertain now. A Eurohypo spokeswoman confirmed PICTURE: „All plans are until further notice on ice put…

“ The Charlottenburger CDU delegate Stefanie Bung (30): „Annoying, we have no meaningful use concept after over five years still! “