Rebuilding of Berlin's Bötzow Brewery by David Chipperfield
26/12/2015.
[BER] Germany
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Wednesday the 21st of May was the day: David Chipperfield personally presented the Masterplan 2019 for Bötzow Berlin.
The over 24,000 square meter area of the brewery was aquired by Näder – the CEO of the medical and technology company Ottobock - for four years ago. During that time quite a few concepts and ideas were discussed but fort he first time the Masterplan 2019 was presented to he public (the ofcial completed date is 2020). Created and developed by David Chipperfield Architects the Masterplan focuses on one thing: the former Bötzow brewery is going to be a strong public space. The owner not only sees it as a new innovation habitat for his company but furthermore as an entertaining place of location for neighbours, Berliners and guests from all over the world.
Description of project by David Chipperfield
The former Bötzow Brewery is situated within walking distance of Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. Following severe destruction during World War II, the site was never rebuilt. From its very beginning more than 150 years ago, the Bötzow family attached great importance to running a modern brewery and a pleasant working environment. The architecture of the site always reflected these values, incorporating a public beer garden next to industrial buildings which formed a central square. The masterplan aims to perpetuate the singularity of this location. It creates a new identity for the 24,000 m² site and transforms Bötzow Berlin into a new public destination within the city.CRÉDITOS. FICHA TÉCNICA.-
Architect.- David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
Partners.- Christoph Felger, Harald Müller
Project architects.- Ulrich Goertz, Diana Schaffrannek, Peter von Matuschka. Project management.- Harald Müller and Partner
Renderings.- Reindeer Renderings for David Chipperfield Architects, David Chipperfield Architects
Client.- Bötzow Berlin GmbH & Co. KG
Date.- Project start: 2013. Completed: 2020
Gross floor area.- 29,500 m²
David Chipperfield was born in London in 1953 and studied architecture at the Kingston School of Art and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London before working at the practices of Douglas Stephen, Richard Rogers and Norman Foster.
In 1985 he founded David Chipperfield Architects, which today has over 300 staff at its offices in London, Berlin, Milan and Shanghai.
David Chipperfield has taught and held conferences in Europe and the United States and has received honorary degrees from the universities of Kingston and Kent.
He is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and an honorary fellow of both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA). In 2009 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and in 2010 he received a knighthood for services to architecture in the UK and Germany. In 2011 he received the RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture and in 2013 the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association, while in 2021 he was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in recognition of a lifetime’s work.
In 2012 he curated the 13th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.