Initial situation
Initial situation
Through its world-famous ensemble of the State Opera, St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Royal Library, and other representative buildings, Bebelplatz in Berlin is an impressive place with a rich history. However, the public space is not being used optimally—and at the same time, there is a lack of parking space for visitors to the State Opera. A particular challenge is the underground memorial by the artist Micha Ullmann, which stands in the middle of the square and commemorates the book burning carried out by the National Socialists with a reading room sunk into the ground.
Concept
Concept
With exceptional technical expertise, the excavation pit for the new underground car park is to be brought to within a few centimeters of the historic and, in some cases, dilapidated foundations of the architectural monuments. The underground memorial to the book burning is to remain in its existing location.
Result
Through solution-oriented communication and an open mediation process with the artist and politicians, it is possible to integrate the monument and, in just two years of construction, build an underground car park that provides 450 parking spaces on two levels.
Berlin is amazed by the sense of space in the underground car park, which also offers direct access to the State Opera. The experts are impressed as well: With a room height of three meters, hardly any columns, and ventilation ducts that are not visible, the structure is named Berlin's best underground car park in the ADAC underground car park test in 2010.
Berlin's best underground car park
ADAC underground car park test, 2010
Architects:
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Feix, formerly CBP
Address:
Bebelplatz
10117 Berlin
