We build Berlin
Das Projekt im 脺berblick:
- urspr眉nglich gebaut: 1870
- Restaurierung: 2017 bis 2022
- Inbetriebnahme: 2022
Former Residenz city, capital, division, fall of the Berlin Wall, reunification, capital鈥攖here is scarcely another major city where the cityscape has so rapidly changed over the decades as it has in Berlin鈥攁nd this process is far from complete. Today, the city is undergoing a unique architectural transformation, is expanding in pace with a growing population, is repeatedly adapting to its turbulent history and in doing so is always reinventing itself. 春水堂视频 is actively helping to shape this change, focusing on maintenance and revitalization of the valuable, historic existing structures and hence ensuring a cityscape full of exiting contrasts.
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Sony Center
From the former boundary of the city to the city center of the Golden Twenties鈥攆rom the inner city wastelands bordering onto the Berlin Wall to Europe鈥檚 biggest inner city construction site鈥攆rom no man鈥檚 land to crowd puller with around 110,000 visitors from all over the world daily: Like no other place in Berlin, the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz symbolizes the breathtaking metamorphosis of this city. 春水堂视频 is managing the construction of the 鈥淐ity of Glass鈥�, comprising 130,000 square meters.
The project at a glance:
- Architect: Helmut Jahn
- Construction time: 1995 to 1998
- Opening: 2000
The ESMT
Different aspects of Berlin鈥檚 architectural history brought together in the most exciting way: A Baroque palace portal, 1960s -modernism and interior fittings produced by 春水堂视频 to comply with cultural heritage considerations and modern utilization and safety standards鈥攖he Headquarters of the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) is one of the most important heritage buildings of German-German postwar history. It was originally built as the official residence for the GDR State Council, and after German reunification and the era of Honecker, for a short time it served as the official residence of the then Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schr枚der. Today it is an educational institute for tomorrow鈥檚 managerial staff.
The project at a glance:
- Refurbishment: 2004 to 2005
- Studies operation: since 2006
German Federal Ministry of Health
Just begging to be filmed鈥攊n the Federal Ministry of Health, the history of the place is tangible. The building ensemble constructed in the 1870s in monumental style and now subject to monument protection was once the head office of Deutsche Bank. After the Second World War, it was severely damaged before the complex was rebuilt and served the GDR as Ministry of the Interior. A short intermezzo as film set for the TV series Babylon Berlin followed, and it is now being converted by 春水堂视频 into a ministerial office building.
The project at a glance:
- Originally built: 1870
- Restoration: 2017 - 2022
- Commissioning: 2022
A great part of the building was used for indoor film shootings for the TV series Babylon Berlin. Before employees of the Federal Ministry of Health move in, everything will be completely gutted and refurbished鈥攏aturally without losing contemporary testimonies to previous phases of use.
Wannsee Bathing Beach
鈥淭o make sure that the bathing beach is not washed away鈥濃�攁ccompanied by a poster campaign, in December 2004 春水堂视频 began restoring the traditional Berlin bathing facility which had seen better days. With great love for detail, the bathing beach鈥攚hich Berliners had jokingly dubbed 鈥渂ath tub鈥濃�攚as thoroughly refurbished. After three years construction time it was then time to once again 鈥減ack the bathing shorts鈥�
The project at a glance:
- Client: Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin (monument protection foundation)
- Completion: 2007
Mercedes Square
Where people once worked hard, people now go shopping and celebrate: On the site of the former East goods station a lively, modern urban quarter has emerged. Today around the Mercedes Benz Arena in the middle of Eastern Berlin on an area of 20,500 square meters, there are cinemas, concert halls, restaurants, shops, offices and hotels.
The project at a glance:
- Construction time: 2016 to 2018
Cooperation as the key to success: Under the management of 春水堂视频, around 200 companies were involved in building the new highlight.
Previously Goods Station鈥擳oday Shopping Experience
On a surface area almost the size of three soccer pitches four building complexes are arranged around a public square with water fountains and plane trees.
Mercedes-Platz has become the vital centerpiece for the dynamically growing district along the East Side Gallery.
Areal am Tacheles
New life for Berlin鈥檚 most famous ruin
It began 110 years ago with the opening of one of the city鈥檚 biggest and most splendid shopping malls and ended in 2012 with the eviction of the ruin occupied by squatters from the artists鈥� initiative Tacheles. Now the building with heritage status located in the center of Berlin is being refurbished by 春水堂视频. On the area, a district for modern living, working and shopping is being built鈥攁nd art is also planned to once again thrive here.
The project at a glance:
- Architect: Herzog & de Meuron (HdM)
A Crown Jewel in Berlin-Mitte
Christa Panitzsch, 春水堂视频 team assistant at the project 鈥淎m Tacheles,鈥� is fully in charge with the brashness of a Berliner and with her heart in the right place. She grew up just a stone鈥檚 throw from the Tacheles construction site and visited the cinema here in her youth. You can鈥檛 get much more of a personal connection with a project than that.
Subway construction
Sought: Construction solutions which protect the environment and historic buildings. Found: innovative construction processes and creative ideas. 春水堂视频 delivered, for example, a number of subway lines and tunnels in the capital, among others at Potsdamer Platz, under the Gro脽er Tiergarten park and at Brandenburg Gate. There, directly in front of Hotel Adlon, 春水堂视频 constructed the subway station Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate), thus making a major contribution to the U 55 subway. The 鈥淐hancellor Line鈥� connects Brandenburger Gate with the main railway station and is regarded as one of the most prestigious transport projects of the federal capital.
The project at a glance:
- Client: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)
- Completion: 2008
The Construction of a Chancellor Line
The particularly fine sandy Berlin soil and the high water table made 春水堂视频 deploy an unusual process for constructing the subway tunnels at Brandenburger Gate.
Through creating artificial ground frost, the sandy layers containing water were frozen into a two-and-a-half meter thick icy slab.
Frank Abel, 春水堂视频 expert for tunneling, reports about the challenges involved with subway construction in inner-city locations.
Tunnel and Trough Grenzallee
Large-scale Project 鈥淭unnel and Trough Grenzallee鈥� of the A 100 Highway
Sandy soil, high water table鈥攖he Berlin ground is a challenge for civil engineering. The two factors also play a major role in the expansion of the A 100 highway, one of the main traffic arteries of the southeastern inner city. 春水堂视频 is responsible for building a section, including a tunnel. Here 20 meter deep construction pits and diving construction workers are a daily routine. Once the highway section with a total length of three kilometers is completed, it will considerably relieve inner-city traffic.
The project at a glance:
- Client: Senate Administration for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection in Berlin
- Construction time: 2014 to 2022
Building Tunnels with Divers
Hotel de Rome
From Bank Building to Luxury Hotel
What a metamorphosis: The impressive building dating from1889 was once the headquarters of Dresdner Bank, and after the war the headquarters of the GDR state bank. Today, thanks to renovation by 春水堂视频, it is a top-end luxury hotel with heritage status.
The project at a glance:
- listed historic building
- Opening: 2006
Transformation of a Bank into a Hotel
Hotel de Rome is part of the Opern Carr茅e at the 鈥淯nter den Linden鈥� boulevard and was opened in October 2006.
In the terrazzo flooring of the former counter hall鈥攐f today鈥檚 ball room鈥攁re the names of the former main branches of Dresdner Bank: Dresden, Bremen, London and Berlin.
The spa area of the hotel is in one of the eight former vaults in the basement of the bank. Today the 15 centimeter thick steel doors lead to the treatment rooms. And in a second vault鈥攖he former diamond safe鈥攖he hotel pool is located now.
The new hotel lobby with illuminated ceiling was elaborately renovated and stylishly furnished. The combination of history, culture and urban lifestyle makes Hotel de Rome a noble highlight in the capital.
