BUR - Berlin University Residence
BUR - Berlin University Residence, Archmedium Competition, Berlin, 2016
IN BETWEEN
The concept for our Berling University Residence in Kreuzberg is based on the attribution of public and private sphere. The strategy was to the give the maximum space for common space and the opportunity to mix all kind of program together.
To do so, we design all the private cells as a part of a modular system and display them in an all over plan. This frame let to include all the different typologies required by the program from a student room to a three children family or a visitor couple.
Morover, all the space «in-between» is treated as a capable space to host all the common program. Then, students, visitors and residents can be neighboors and share spaces.
All levels are free one from another and are freely displayed on a concrete slab. Each core is independant and directly in contact with the outisde air thank to interior courtyard or balcony passageway.
All levels have the opportunity to became a sort of small eco-system within the city. The plan also takes into consideration the important past of the site and its huge worldknown graffiti. To keep this past in memory, the buidling wrap the three party walls to keep views of these special parts of the site.
