J. Mayer H. has won an invited competition to design “Volt Berlin,” a new “shopping and urban experience” center near Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. The winning scheme offers a variety of experiential offerings, including multi-brand shopping, an indoor skydiving and event space, and a 7,500 square meter hotel, all within a single cubed complex whose organization is based off an uneven grid.
Architects
Location
Alexanderplatz, 10178 Berlin, GermanyPhotographs
J. Mayer H.Area
29500.0 m2
Architect in Charge
Jürgen Mayer H.Competition Team
Christoph Emenlauer, Simon Kassner, Bart van den Hoven, Mehrdad Mashaie, Mael Kang, Paul Angelier, Julien SaraleClient
TKN Real Estate Solutions AG, Jochen Schweizer Projects AGFire Security Consultant
KLW Ingenieure GmbHStructural Engineer
Knippers Helbig GmbHBuilding Service Engineer
Transsolar Energietechnik GmbHCost Planning
Jablonka Sieber Partner ArchitektenEngineering Consultant, Escalators and Elevators
Lüsebrink Ingenieure VBIRetail Space
13,000 m2Gastronomy
2,000 m2Hotel
7,500 m2
“One particularly striking aspect of the design is the luminous horizontal glazed line that runs like a tension fissure all the way through the building,” described J. Mayer H. “This intermediate space, located at the level of the train viaduct, will host the center’s most important attractions: indoor-skydiving and a surf wave. This energy line will exude into the urban space around the center, while Berlin and the immediate area around Alexanderplatz will always be present as a location and a backdrop.”
