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Entwurf • Design Ester Bruzkus Architekten, Berlin
Bauherr • Client Ester Bruzkus, Berlin
Standort • Location Privat
Nutzfläche • Floor space 80 m 2
Fotos • Photos Jens Bösenberg, Berlin
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More infos on page 144

ESTERS APARTMENT 2.0

IN BERLIN

With the relocation from the second to the sixth floor
„Als Architektin bin ich Minimalistin, of the Berlin Estradenhaus, Ester Bruzkus not only
found a further stage for her expressive design but also
aber in meinem tiefsten Inneren acquired a roof garden with a panorama view of the

liebe ich die Opulenz.“ city. Strikingly applied colours, custom-made furniture
and well thought-out installations form the architect’s
four walls in a playful way.

C ustom-made living – the second round, is the motto at Prenzlauer
Berg in Berlin. It was only in 2014 that the architect Ester Bruzkus
had given free rein to her imagination in an apartment of the
Estradenhaus designed by Wolfram Popp in 1998, see AIT 3.2016. Now
she has moved again. Within the same building, from the second to the
sixth upper floor. Of course, due to this she was already familiar with
the special features of the layouts which originally consist of one large
room with two massive side walls and fully-glazed external façades
which have a narrow platform in front of them. Once again, the archi-
tect profited from this maximum freedom of scope and created three
completely different zones on 80 square metres and with opulent furni-
ture, oriental carpets, muted colours of the Le Corbusier Polychromie
range and her fine sense for combining seemingly opposed forms,
colours and materials. In the living room, a custom-made sofa with a
pouf in strong pink set the tone. Next to it, a long dining table, likewise
Grundriss • Floor plan designed by Ester Bruzkus and extending over the complete length of
the kitchen unit, invites to a culinary feast. The kitchen as an open ele-
ment with fronts in dusky pink and a work top of light-grey terrazzo is
integrated in a space-defining volume of light oak. The massive instal-
lation at the same time functions as a partition from the sleeping are
and contains the bathroom as the only enclosed space. Two steps lead
from the dining area to the already existing platform in front of the bal-
cony. Bruzkus had it enlarged to one side so she could put her bed on
Schnitt A-A • Section A-A it and thus create a place of retreat with a view behind the oak wall. A
door leads from here to the bathroom which, as an oasis for relaxing,
also has a custom-made bathtub of light-coloured terrazzo. Fittings of
untreated brass and a marble washbasin add plenty of elegance.
Through a second door, one accesses the living- and entrance area
again. As the beautiful icing on the cake, the roof terrace just one floor
up was turned into a lush garden landscape. Platforms, flower pots and
colourful oriental patterns serve to extend the living area and offer a
Schnitt B-B • Section B-B magnificent panorama view of the whole city of Berlin.

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