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Entwurf • Design LXSY Architekten, Berlin
Bauherr • Client Spielfeld Digital Hub GmbH, Berlin
Standort • Location Skalitzer Str. 85/86, Berlin
Nutzfläche • Floor space 1.500 m 2
Fotos • Photos Christoph Musiol, Berlin
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More information on page 150

COWORKING SPACE

IN BERLIN

Digital Transformation is coming to the neighbourhood
— LXSY Architekten have created the Spielfeld Digital
Hub, a coworking space with a sporty feel, in the for-
mer post office on Skalitzer Strasse. Thanks to a stri-
king design element, the colour scheme of the listed
brick building, built in 1927, runs like a golden thread
through the whole interior.

„In Zusammenarbeit mit A s a young planning office for integrative interior design, Kim Le
Roux and Margit Sichrovsky from LXSY Architekten, Berlin, have
dem Denkmalschutz sind been implementing projects since 2015 that enhance the potential of

ausgewählte historische the places to be designed. They have made it their goal to bring
people together in a participatory process. This was also the case for
Elemente in den Entwurf the Spielfeld Digital Hub in the elongated building of the former post
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office in Berlin. From now on, established companies will work side
mit eingeflossen.“ by side with start-ups in zoned workplaces with different sojourn qua-
LXSY lities. The centrepiece of the coworking premises is the former hexa-
gonal counter hall. The architects' main concern was to reinterpret the
history of the listed building. To achieve this, details such as the blue-
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red brick facing of the exterior façade were incorporated into the inte-
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rior design concept. With a centrally positioned stage, the former
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6 counter hall of the post office has become an ideal location for events.
4 All around, curtains make it possible to create private booths for
workshops or meetings if required. The foyer welcomes visitors and
employees with a birch wood counter, and the hexagonal shape of the
counter hall is taken up again. A spatially enclosed staircase adjacent
to the reception area leads to the basement, where toilets, cloakroom
and storage areas are located. In the common area there are meeting
rooms and a café with lounge area and seating steps. At the centre of
this is a bar adorned with red tiles and a zig-zag profile. The Corporate
Studios, which can be rented temporarily by external companies, ac-
commodate various office spaces. In front of the circulation areas, ni-
ches provide possibilities for communication but also for concentra-
tion. The colour scheme is clearly influenced by rust red to fiery sha-
des. This is contrasted by the flowing appearance of the dove-blue
1 Eingangsbereich mit Empfangstresen • Entrance area with reception counter
2 Veranstaltungsbereich mit Bühne • Event area with stage linen curtains and the hard surfaces of birch plywood and concrete. A
3 Break-Out Areas • Break-out areas
4 Offenes Café • Open Café flame-red steel element runs through all the rooms as a special eye-
5 Sitztreppe • Seating steps catcher, evoking associations with the markings of a court. The si-
6 Treppe ins Untergeschoss • Stairs to the basement
7 Corporate Studios mit Büroräumen • Corporate Studios with offices gnage system throughout the Spielfeld Digital Hub also submits to the
Grundriss • Floor plan sports theme.
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