Berlin, 2025
Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt

The “Berclay” medical and commercial building is situated on the corner of Berliner Strasse and Clayallee, in a convenient and central location in the Berlin district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf.

Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt

The redesign of the site envisaged the construction of a multi-part building complex with over 9,000 sqm of gross floor area, to serve as a medical and commercial centre with an underground car park. In addition to the five-storey building, a gable-ended end block accentuates the corner at Berliner Strasse. In the north-eastern part of the site, a four-storey connecting building adjoins the neighbouring houses at the same height. In close consultation with the district office, a façade design divided into sections and the creation of a hipped roof with anthracite-coloured metal shingle cladding were agreed upon.

Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt

The building complex was fitted with a thermally insulated, rear-ventilated natural limestone façade. Thanks to its grey Limes Dolomite, the ground floor stands out in colour from the upper storeys, which are clad in light-coloured Mocca Creme limestone.

Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt
Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt
Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt
Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt

The windows on the upper storeys are floor-to-ceiling aluminium units with double glazing, external sun protection and front-mounted railings. The hipped roof, clad in anthracite-coloured metal shingles, echoes the colour scheme of the ground floor façade and gives the building a striking finish.

Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt
Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt
Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt
Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt

The retail spaces on the ground floor have wheelchair-accessible entrances. Access to the upper floors is via two stairwells with lifts. The entrance to the underground car park is located at the existing pedestrian crossing on Berliner Strasse.

Photo © Markus Loeffelhardt