🟩 GreenBricks Building of the Week 🟩 EDGE Suedkreuz
- GreenBricks_
- Feb 21, 2023
- 2 min read
Treehouse green

Characterised by its atrium of flying staircases and tree trunk-like columns, EDGE Suedkreuz is a lightweight, feel-good workspace.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
32,000 sq m
Made up of 2 freestanding 7-storey buildings: named Solitaire + Carré
Completed Q2 2022 – new HQ for Vattenfall
👷🏾♀️Developer & Contractor
Anja Borchard – Former Senior Development Manager @ EDGE
Uwe Hellendahl – MD @ COLCAP
Rainer Strauch – MD @ CREE BUILDINGS
✍️Architects & Engineers
Sergei Tchoban – Founder of Tchoban Voss Architekten GmbH
Markus Schoppe – Group Director Structural Engineering @ Buro Happold
Markus Golinski – MD @ HESS TIMBER
🌱Sustainability
DGNB Platinum rating (95.4%) = Germany’s most sustainable building
Super lightweight structure: modular wood-hybrid system made of timber-concrete slabs + glulam façade columns = weight reduced by 50% + up to 80% of CO2 per sq m saved
Approximately 1,200 FSC-certified spruce trees used in construction: wood has a high heat-storage capacity reducing energy for internal heating
Smart controls automatically regulate air quality, light and temperature to enable optimal working conditions + energy saving
🥦 Wellbeing
WELL V2 Core & Shell Gold
85 ft central atrium features 4 large tree trunk-like columns: supporting a network of staircases + recreational walkways creating the feeling of being in treehouse
Flexible modular floor plans with lack of load-bearing interior walls = easily adaptable for tenants
Promotes activity-based working: communication-enhancing open spaces + retreats for focus + meeting rooms for teamwork
5th floor sky lounge with panoramic windows + large outdoor terrace
🎈Bonus feature
It is Germany’s first project to have 100% of its building materials recorded in the Madaster material database: a passport for materials making it easy to reuse + recycle components. Plus, its modular construction means dismantling will be as efficient as construction.
🔗 Check it out https://edge.tech/developments/edge-suedkreuz-berlin

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