Berlin, 2024
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Project Square 1, a pioneering office campus, is being built in Berlin-Johannisthal, not far from Germany's largest technology park and media centre Adlershof.

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TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten gave the go-ahead for the campus development with component B of the project. The two-part building complex with five full storeys, connected by glass bridges, is used by Berliner Sparkasse as its headquarters.

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Square 1 B is based on a maximally flexible space concept. Depending on requirements, the independent building sections can also be combined for use by a single tenant.

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The façade consists of white, custom-made aluminium elements.The façade grid alternates from the first to the third floor. Optical horizontal and vertical contours give the façades a clear structure. Large, six-part panoramic windows on the fourth floor and glass balustrades on windows, terraces and loggias let the building complex appear open and modern and optimise the natural light entering the rooms behind. All areas of the building complex were designed to be barrier-free.

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Both buildings have spacious roof terraces on the third floor, each measuring 265 sqm and with intensive greenery. The two Carré buildings also enclose striking, green inner courtyards.

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The project was awarded gold certification by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB).

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