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Entwurf • Design Coordination Berlin, Berlin
Bauherr • Client Coordination Berlin, Berlin
Standort • Location Bülowstr. 56, Berlin-Schöneberg
Nutzfläche • Floor space 240 m 2
Fotos • Photos Stefan Höderath, Berlin
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 126
PIROL OFFICE
IN BERLIN
„Die ästhetische Gesamtwirkung ist auf Coordination Berlin experienced the lack of reasonably
priced office space first hand. The rent for their office in
Offenheit und den positiven Effekt Berlin-Kreuzberg was no longer affordable for the design
polarer Dualität aufgebaut.“ studio and its creative neighbours. So they started a joint
search for alternatives and found what they were looking
Coordination Berlin for in the Schöneberg district. A former furniture ware-
house now offers enough room for creative scope.
T he new business premises are situated on Bülowstrasse, and the
street name quickly became the eponym for the fresh start. Named
after Bernhard Victor Christoph-Carl von Bülow, known to most people
as Loriot, the humourist was the inspiration for the name of the redeve-
loped commercial building. Loriot is the French translation for golden
oriole, in Germany also known as Pirol. In the newly created Pirol Stu-
dios, the conglomerate of independent and freelance designers, graphic
artists, artists, illustrators, historians, consultants, architects and socio-
logists found a long-term domicile. So did Coordination Berlin, an inte-
rior design and architecture firm specialising in brand and exhibition
architecture and private interiors. For their own premises Pirol Office,
the creative minds designed an open-plan space without any fear of co-
lour and with a focus on equal rights for all workplaces and barrier-free
communication. The team used the aesthetics of the existing industrial
architecture and the former function as a warehouse. Grey raw concrete
surfaces, exposed ceilings and visible piping are not concealed by me-
rely cosmetic interventions but reveal the characteristic features of days
gone by. A high-contrast choice of materials and colours brings the of-
fices into the present. The pink hue of the existing windows is continued
in the interior and complemented by a turquoise green; grey concrete
is interrupted by gently flowing curtains and the exposed ceiling is con-
trasted with shiny tabletops. Although the available floor area is 250
square metres, the "one-room office" does not seem to need any sepa-
rating walls. Industrial high-load shelving with storage boxes not only
complements the design concept, but also gives the space a partitioning
structure. And if a time-out or a quiet room for meetings is needed after
all, the so-called break-out zones around the work area offer sufficient
alternatives — if necessary, visually and acoustically separated by cur-
tains. Fully tailored to the individual needs and the work processes, the
result is a bright and cheerful working environment that is a pleasure
to work in — as one can tell by just looking at the photographs. This at-
Grundriss • Floor plan mosphere makes the start on Monday morning so much easier!
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