Location: Berlin, DE
Year: 2012
Program: Comunity Space
Team: KB + Nichols Schüller

Our proposal for a new community space for the neighborhood of Berlin-Wedding sits in front of a tower on the site entrance building of the former Rotaprint factory areal. With its upward meandering ramp, the building is gives a sculptural sight, which adds to the already existing head office tower on the corner of the city block. The spiral is offering a viewpoint over the rooftops of Berlin, accessible by wandering up on the path, which is cut in the outside of the monumental concrete tower. In the inside there is a skatepark for ambitious athletes, sculpted in the concrete like a cave. It consists of ramps, steps and other obstacles, forming an adventurous trail, all the way from the top, down to the street. Both ways connect on the top of the building, where they shape a viewpoint and can be a platform for social and cultural activities for the people of the nearby neighborhood.