Koepenicker Strasse is an important architectural artery between Mitte and Kreuzberg: the contrasting, rough-and-tumble Berlin - from turn-of-the-century industrial buildings to post-war architecture - can still be experienced here today. In this characterful neighbourhood, brickwork meets plaster, metal meets concrete.
The rear-ventilated façade in the ‘office area’ is made of sand-coloured architectural concrete with a structured arrangement of vertical supports, which, depending on the incidence of light and time of day, provide a special animation of the façade. The lighter apartment building with its cubic-geometric grid, smooth aluminium concrete façade and large windows is clearly visually separated from this. Bay windows and balconies in various designs interplay with the façade rhythm and create a further exciting effect.
A neon light installation by Berlin artist Anna Nezhnaya adorns the modern entrance area to the residential building with its exposed concrete surfaces in contrast to the bright pink wall with the letterboxes opposite.
