Behrens-Ufer, a former industrial site located in the southeast of Berlin, will be undergoing transformation into a new urban technology hub over the next few years. In an architecture competition initiated by DIEAG, we have been awarded first prize for the design of a new build: the Vertical Farmhouse, which will be constructed as a hybrid building featuring an innovative working and research environment with a fruit garden in its center.
On the banks of River Spree, research, development, and production will be combined in listed historical buildings and sustainably designed new additions. In the eastern part of the site, the new build comprises two blocks that enclose an ascending terraced rooftop garden, which creates a network of paths through the entire complex, extending all the way from the riverside promenade to the rooftop gardens. Below the gardenscape is a 9,000 square meter vertical farm for food production in synergy with a fish farm.
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