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Entwurf • Design Bolles+Wilson mit studio f1
Bauherr • Client Frobenstraße 1 Gbr., Münster
Standort • Location Frobenstraße 1, Berlin
Nutzfläche • Floor space 123 m 2
Fotos • Photos Aya Schamoni, Berlin
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 142

APARTMENT 9

IN BERLIN

In Frobenstraße in the Berlin Schöneberg district, studio
f1 designed the interior of a flat with an open layout ex-
tending across two levels. Exposed concrete meets cei-
ling-high maple panels and billowing curtains. Austerity
here meets sensuousness and ample love of detail. The
Apartment 9 interior sparks off an interplay of hard and soft ele-
ments which consist of mineral and plant materials.

I n Berlin, a residential building has been completed which stands out
not only due to its colouring – dark grey towards the street, pink to-
wards the courtyard. The design by Bolles+Wilson makes the interior
structure visible in the way the windows have been arranged. With
large studio windows, three flats reveal that the standard ceiling height
of 3.10 metres has in some parts been increased. Apartment 9 on the
fourth upper floor has also been designed as a maisonette. Its interior
furnishing has been planned by Jack Wilson and Chris Gieseke, the
founders of studio f1. Already early on, the Berliners were involved in
the construction process since the architecture is by Jack Wilson’s pa-
rents. The living area measuring 123 square metres extends across two
Grundriss 4. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +4 levels. Whereas the ceiling runs through at one level, the floor in the li-
ving room has been lowered by 1.7 metres so that a clear room height
of 4.8 metres is produced. Both levels are connected by concrete stairs
which appear to grow out of the light-coloured screed floor. Filigree
metal in the railing contrasts as a graphic sign. Into the parapet of the
upper floor, pieces of modular furniture with maple veneer have been
integrated which serve as storage. The pieces of furniture are filled
through sliding doors at the rear. The same furniture units are also in-
tegrated in the parapet of the L-shaped gallery which is accessed via se-
parate stairs. Window soffits made of maple wood give depth to the ex-
terior walls. Like all the weight-bearing walls, the latter are constructed
of exposed concrete. Two installations of bright-pigmented multiplex pa-
nels with maple veneer are placed into the open layout. One of them
serves as the children’s room whereas a strikingly rounded corner hides
storage space. In the room-high passages, the concrete ceiling looks al-
most like a reflection of the floor. The second, free-standing construction
contains the bathroom and the WC. The kitchen is built onto the back.
In the interplay with room-high linen curtains, wood as the material re-
presents a sensuous corrective to the asperity of the exposed-concrete
ceiling and the heated screed floor which surround the living rooms like
Schnitt • Section a bracket. It is all about the right balance of the elements.

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