Daimler Benz Building -Richard Rogers - Potsdamer Platz - Berlin 16 DSC00479.JPG
Richard Rogers
This office and residential building belongs to the Daimler-owned area in the reconstruction ofPotsdamer Platz. This area was a master plan led by Rogers' former partner, Renzo Piano.
One of Rogers' objectives was to integrate public and private spaces. The complex is permeable for pedestrians that go in and out the Shopping Center Arkaden.
The high tech design of Richard Rogers utilizes glass and steel as main materials, and integrates the sandstone cladding from the surrounding buildings. Tensors, beams, spider fittings and connectors are just part of the structural elements that stay apparent and form part of the architecture's aesthetic.
Along the area developed by Rogers the floors settle in different horizontal axes forming terraces and roof gardens in distinct levels.
The complex of buildings develops alongside a green area, the terraces and transparent foyers, as well as cylindrical volumes containing office spaces and meeting rooms, appear to be looking to this open space, the Tilla-Dorieux Park. A yellow lattice moves around 4 story high cylinders to protect from direct sunlight and heat.
"I have always belived that a humane and progressive architecture is one that creates beauty out of function. Not just for the sake of beauty in itself, but because beautiful buildings and public spaces help people achieve their potential, as citizens as well as individuals. Architects can not be apolitical we have a duty to engage. "
"We can create a new Renaissance - where civic and environmental responsibilities come together, embodied in the work of planners and architects."
-Richard Rogers' Priztker Architecture Prize Acceptance Speech, 2007.
Daimler Benz Building -Richard Rogers - Potsdamer Platz - Berlin 16 DSC00479.JPG
Richard Rogers
This office and residential building belongs to the Daimler-owned area in the reconstruction ofPotsdamer Platz. This area was a master plan led by Rogers' former partner, Renzo Piano.
One of Rogers' objectives was to integrate public and private spaces. The complex is permeable for pedestrians that go in and out the Shopping Center Arkaden.
The high tech design of Richard Rogers utilizes glass and steel as main materials, and integrates the sandstone cladding from the surrounding buildings. Tensors, beams, spider fittings and connectors are just part of the structural elements that stay apparent and form part of the architecture's aesthetic.
Along the area developed by Rogers the floors settle in different horizontal axes forming terraces and roof gardens in distinct levels.
The complex of buildings develops alongside a green area, the terraces and transparent foyers, as well as cylindrical volumes containing office spaces and meeting rooms, appear to be looking to this open space, the Tilla-Dorieux Park. A yellow lattice moves around 4 story high cylinders to protect from direct sunlight and heat.
"I have always belived that a humane and progressive architecture is one that creates beauty out of function. Not just for the sake of beauty in itself, but because beautiful buildings and public spaces help people achieve their potential, as citizens as well as individuals. Architects can not be apolitical we have a duty to engage. "
"We can create a new Renaissance - where civic and environmental responsibilities come together, embodied in the work of planners and architects."
-Richard Rogers' Priztker Architecture Prize Acceptance Speech, 2007.