Project: The:Square3
Designed by LAVA & Moritz Gruppe
Client: Moritz Gruppe
Size Land: 62 000 sqm
GFA: 146 000 sqm
Location: Berlin, Germany
Website: www.l-a-v-a.net
LAVA Architects and Moritz Gruppe revitalized in Berlin, Germany an urban quarter named The:Square3 which morphs urban living, with nature and sport. Constructions of this mixed use development will start in 2014. For more about this rewarded project continue after the break:
From the Architects:
THE:SQUARE3 is a new mixed use development located just nine minutes from the heart of Berlin, and near Europe’s largest urban nature reserve and the Olympics training centre.
THE:SQUARE3 is Life, Nature, Sport:
1. LIFE: A multifunctional urban plan includes all the essentials for a high-quality and healthy urban existence for locals, workers and visitors, successfully answering the demands of a contemporary, quality lifestyle.
2. NATURE: Green characterises three blocks containing apartments, retail space, a kindergarten and social services. Residents will enjoy diagonally shaped spaces, green roof-scapes with cascading balconies, integrated garden courtyards, and overlook playing fields. Hanging plant-filled facades are articulated according to building orientation.
3. SPORT: Rising above a sport ‘podium’ are three towers of varying heights with Olympic themed metallic facades of gold, silver and bronze. Each is tapered to maximise sunlight, views and ventilation. Offices for sports companies and clubs, apartments, a medical and research centre, sports education facilities, a sports hotel and a sport focused shopping mall, encircle a green piazza.
