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Foto: Robin Kater, Berlin / Courtesy of A/D/O
Gesamtgrundriss • Overall floor plan
Grundriss Quadrant C • C quadrant floor plan
Entwurf • Design studio karhard, Berlin
Bauherr • Client The KaDeWe Group
Standort • Location Tauentzienstraße 6, Berlin
Nutzfläche • Floor space 2.000 m 2
Fotos • Photos Stefan Wolf Lucks, Berlin
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More infos on page 150
FOOD COURT KADEWE
IN BERLIN
Since the 1920s, “Die Sechste”, i.e. the sixth floor, has
been the location of the delicatessen in the legendary
Berlin KaDeWe which, since 2016, has been renovated
and converted during operation according to the mas-
ter plan by Rem Koolhaas and OMA. studio karhard
designed the QC6 quadrant which now looks bright,
well-structured, clear and upscale.
5 0,000 visitors – during the Christmas season as many as 100,000 –
every day made the internal re-structuring of the outdated luxury
department store necessary. The concept meets the needs of a hete-
rogeneous clientele and included a subdivision of the building into
four quadrants as well as the replacement of the main entrance. The
furnishing of the quadrants, each oriented towards different streets
with its own entrance, is the responsibility of renowned designers:
“Berlin Elegance” describes the optical transformation of the sixth
floor designed by studio karhard: Gold, brass, black-fired brick walls
and a terrazzo floor consisting of Berlin river sand quote the heritage
of the beginnings of KaDeWe, link the traditional with the modern and
demonstrate internationality with a local relevance. The, at the time,
revolutionary concept of the democratic strolling between delicates-
sen and restaurants is preserved: Thus the established Kartoffelacker
[potato field] restaurant was given a hearty neighbour with an opulent
cheese stall and an adjacent bar. It was possible to also complement
the concept with the young, trendy Daluma health-food restaurant, a
fruit- and vegetables section with a juice bar opposite it as well as a
section for dairy products. The well-structured look of the floor is the
result of a consistently uniform, high-quality and fresh design of the
restaurant- and delicatessen area: Suspended ceilings and indirect
lighting divide the areas into different zones. In the circulation zones,
one looks at the uncovered ceiling construction which gives the whole
floor an airy industrial character. An extensive wine- and spirits sec-
tion leads the visitor into an adjacent bars area which, for now, is still
a secret dream of the future: One day, two champagne bars, a wine
bar, a grill restaurant and a late-night shop invented by studio karhard
– indispensable in Berlin – are to be uncoupled from the daytime ope-
ration and thus, through the entrance of the C quadrant from Ansba-
cher Strasse, produce a separate, small evening venue on the sixth
floor. Already, studio karhard is working on the design of the QD6
quadrant. Expectations are high!
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