Berlin, Germany

Walden48

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The elongated residential building forms the transition between the busy street and the quiet cemetery grounds, thus making direct reference to the urban context. Also integrated into the overall appearance is a historic cemetery wall, behind which the base area of the residential block is hidden. The residential project is consistently built in solid wood construction, including the staircase and elevator shafts. The exterior walls are of timber frame construction. Only the stairwell and fire walls are made of reinforced concrete. Due to the cross-wall construction method, the floor plans are column-free and thus highly flexible. Timber is used not only in the building structure, but also in the interior and on the facade. The facade facing the cemetery grounds is covered with untreated larch planks. In the interior, the unclad material comes into its own where fire protection requirements were creatively solved by dimensioning all wooden components by their burning time, thus avoiding the need for fire cladding. Summer cooling and winter heating are provided by geothermal piles. Walden48 combines various approaches to sustainable construction: a participatory planning process, the consistent use of wood as a renewable resource and a sustainable energy concept.

General

Architects:
ARGE Scharabi + Raupach
Specalist Planners:
frohloff staffa kühl ecker, Syrius, Eberl-Pacan, ALB Akustik-Labor-Berlin, Ingo Andernach
Location:
Landsberger Allee 48, 10249 Berlin
Year Of INAUGURATION:
2020
Storeys:
7
Surface (m²):
7.350
Building costs (€/m²):
1.641
Legal Status:
cooperative
Use:
residential
Typology:
freestanding
Awards:
Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis Architektur 2021 (finalist)

CONCEPT & Context

innovation:
consequent use of wood as construction material interior and exterior
spacial configuration:
cross wall construction, loggia
INFRASTRUCTURE + ACCESSIBILITY:
staircase cores oriented in the north
landscape:
urban

CONSTRUCTION

construction:
solid timber construction
envelope:
slate facade, larch cladding
special detail:
lift cores and stair flights in solid wood

operation

heating system:
geothermal energy, supplemented by gas boiler
cooling system:
passive cooling
sun protection:
exterior sun protection, recessed balconies
ventilation System:
ventilation system with heat recovery
energy benchmark (Germany):
KfW 55

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Copyrights:
Andreas Meichsner

Plans

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Copyrights:
ARGE Scharabi / Raupach

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