Berlin, 2024
Photo © Klemens Renner

FA 206 is a modern, trapezoidal office building with a green inner courtyard and an expressive rust-red clinker brick façade, whose materials and colours refer to the historic industrial buildings from the beginning of the 20th century and set new contrasting accents to the otherwise postmodern Lichtenberg architecture from the GDR era.

Photo © Klemens Renner

The haptic façade is visually divided into two areas by changing the window arrangement and structure of the clinker bricks. The plinth area comprises the ground floor and first floor. The linear, horizontal clinker brick relief is reminiscent of expressionist buildings. The window elements are one above the other, the corners of the building are closed. The entrance areas have a two-storey appearance. Large-format house numbers ensure that the address is clearly visible from afar.

Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner

On the storeys above, the brick structure is predominantly smooth. Individual bricks with a convex textured surface and set in irregular patterns stand out from the smooth surface and create exciting accents, especially when the sun is at different angles and the lighting moods vary.

Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner

The square inner courtyard is landscaped and equipped with seating and a pavilion. The horizontal end of the building is formed by a flat roof, partially greened and with a roof terrace suitable for events, which offers a panoramic view towards Frankfurter Tor and the television tower.

Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner