Lützowstraße

Lützowstraße

Lützowstraße

Lützowstraße

Year2020
CLientdegewo City Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH
SizeUsable area 4.826 m²
PlaceBerlin
Project TeamAnna Popelka, Georg Poduschka, Felix Zankel, Jakub Dvorak, Florian Bartelsen, Nadja Opardija, Leonie Maier
CollaborationFCP (ARGE FC|P|PAG)
ExcerptAffordable housing in a prime location in Berlin: 78 residential units and 2 commercial units, KfW standard 55. A new building for degewo in a construction gap near Gleisdreieck. The urgency of affordable inner-city housing suggests that as many apartments as possible should be built at this location. A forecourt is formed at the corner with the narrow alley, avoiding the unexposed interior corner. No apartment is exclusively north-facing. The project shows floor plans common in the housing market. A more radical original variant, that challenges these usages in favor of more urban lifestyles, was rejected by the client.

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Affordable living in a prime location
78 residential units and 2 commercial units

Apartments starting at € 6.50/m2 net cold rent have been built in a central location near Potsdamer Platz. The building is divided into two components with an “L-shape”, both have their own development core. A corner formation on the street side serves as an urban forecourt and allows encounters to the public space, while the planted inner courtyard offers a place of retreat.
The forward and backward leaping of the façade creates a strong verticality, while the staggered sequence of large balconies, on the other hand, seems to break through the horizontal of the regular floors.

Photographs: Jan Bitter