🟩 GreenBricks Building of the Week 🟩 EDGE Suedkreuz

Treehouse green

Characterised by its atrium of flying staircases and tree trunk-like columns, EDGE Suedkreuz is a lightweight, feel-good workspace.

📍Location

Südkreuz, Berlin

🏢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

• Bernd Hullmann – MD @ SMV Bauprojektsteuerung

• Manfred Ammann – MD @ Biedenkapp Stahlbau GmbH

• Rhomberg Bau Gruppe

• ZECH Bau

✍️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