Residential Building Eisberg in Berlin

The northern street facade hints at why the architects call the new building “Eisberg” (iceberg). When the perforated shutters are closed, they seem only an iota darker than the surrounding cladding.
Bugenhagenstrasse is a quiet, yet centrally located side street in Berlin-Moabit, traditionally a working class quarter. For a long time the area was one of the last in Berlin's inner city that gentrification had seemed to have avoided. Currently, revalorization and renewal are in full swing. The residential building comprises a timber hybrid structure, realised by rundzwei Architekten. It occupies...
The northern street facade hints at why the architects call the new building “Eisberg” (iceberg). When the perforated shutters are closed, they seem only an iota darker than the surrounding cladding.