Herthastraße
Front and Rear Building in a Berlin Block
Berlin-Pankow
Client
BPD Immobilienentwicklung GmbH
Program
Front and Rear Building with 35 housing units, integrated into the existing perimeter block development, approx. 3,760 m² gross floor area (GFA).
Planning Phases LP 1 – LP 5
2022 ongoing
Team
MLA+ / Studio M³
Emely Falkmeyer, Isabel Fischer, Otto Forstreuter, Agnes Helming, Thomas Kalkhoven, Christoph Michael, Sanda Moharic, Maximilian Müller, Vinzent Pieper, Friedrich Vitzthum, Mateusz Zieliński
Landscape Design
Gast LandschaftsArchitekten bdla
Cosultants
HEG Beratende Ingenieure Berlin GmbH, Building Applications Ingenieure, Tiede+, domoplan Baugesellschaft
Visualisations
Grauwald Studio, Unbuiltmatter
Model Making
mhk21 Modellbau und Konstruktion
Concept
The project on Herthastraße consists of two six-story buildings (front and garden house) with a total of 35 residential units. In accordance with planning regulations, the two new volumes integrate into the logic of a typical Berlin Gründerzeit (late 19th-century) block.
The floor plans are designed as three-wing layouts, featuring two larger through-apartments and one smaller, south-facing apartment. The through-apartments are characterized by a living hall that extends from the north to the south façade, encompassing the living, dining, and kitchen areas. The smaller one-sided apartment is developed as a “mini-loft,” with an inserted wet cell block serving as a structuring element.
The ground floor is slightly elevated on the street side. This raised ground floor condition, combined with the typical front garden zone of Herthastraße, ensures privacy for the apartments located here.