BERLIN

4. Tchoban Foundation | Museum for Architectural Drawings

The building at Christinenstrasse 18a, Prenzlauer Berg is situated on the site of
Pfefferberg, a former brewery. The grounds were developed as such in 1848 and have a
variegated history. Since 1990 cultural centres, galleries and restaurants have thrived
here in what are mainly protected, listed buildings.
The Museum for Architectural Drawing appears as a striking four-storey solid corpus
topped by a glass penthouse. It latches onto the fire-wall of a row of typical old Berlin
houses. The glass volume protrudes out about a meter over the building; the lower
floors form bays which jut out at different angles over the street and square. A glazed
loggia above the entrance niche is the only transparency allowed through the concrete
façade.
The coloured concrete and glass façades of the building are rich in contrast and layers.
The sculptural design of the concrete, its structural qualities and the method of
construction give the building its unique appearance. Its closed surface is detailed with
reliefs of magnified fragments of architectonic sketches which suggest the aims and
uses of the exhibition spaces and archive within. In the interior of the museum, design
motifs from the façade reappear and manifest themselves in the building’s design code,
right down to the original door handles.
A large, deeply fluted wooden side door leads to the entrance foyer on the ground floor.
The reception area with its nutwood panelling and fixtures aptly introduces a world of
hand-drawn ideas. The drawing cabinets are on the first and second floors. These are
designed to protect the researcher from external distractions and to avoid the damaging
effects of natural daylight on sensitive artefacts. In contrast, the loggia on the second
floor opens up generously to the street and the internal core of the building, offering a
space of repose for the visitor. The archive is on the floor above this. The almost totally
transparent top floor with its double-layered glass façade offers an uninterrupted view
across the lively historical buildings of Teutoburger Platz. It serves as an office and
meeting room for the museum management.

Architektur Galerie Berlin

Karl-Marx-Allee 96
10243 Berlin
Germany
+49 (0)30 788 974 31
info@architekturgalerieberlin.de
www.architekturgalerieberlin.de
Dienstag – Freitag 14 – 19 Uhr
Samstag 12 – 18 Uhr
sowie nach Vereinbarung
Eintritt frei
Inhaber+Leitung: Ulrich Müller
Mitarbeiter: Viviane Grant, Franziska Herschel, Sabrina Schaffarzcyk, Marie Seeger
Fotos: Jan Bitter, Silke Helmerdig
Website Design und Umsetzung: Martin Wecke
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Neue Nationalgalerie
The New National Galllery is famous not just for the incredible collection and exhibitions of
20th century art, but for being one of Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe's masterpieces.
The building itself is very worth a visit. The main hall that is itself the main exhibition area
is a 2,683m2, 8.4m heigh space covered by a 1.8 thick gridded roof supported only by 8
cruciform columns.
It is scheduled to be renovated from 2015 to 2018 by architect David Chipperfield.
"The building itself.. Amazing!" -Emilia M., Architect.
John Pawson converts WW2 bunker into museum of
Southeast Asian art in Berlin

AEG Turbine Factory

Date built: 1909
Design: Peter Behrens, Architect
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David Chipperfield Architects’ gallery building Am Kupfergraben 10 receives a Fritz-Höger-Preis
2008 commendation