Townhouse O21 Berlin

On a property in Berlin’s Friedrichswerder neighbourhood, the city government launched an initiative for the creation of a new urban quarter with 47 townhouses; in terms of appearance and execution the project was to reflect the developer’s vision of heterogeneity and individuality. On one of the narrow plots, living quarters are organized vertically as a coherent fluid space extending across seven levels. The different cantilevered levels jutting into the building’s two-storey communal centre develop additional functions that become more private with each upward level. New perspectives and lines of sight give the building a dynamic that makes it a walkable spatial sculpture.