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Project Overview
The former Berlin-Tegel Airport is making room for Berlin. On its 500-hectar grounds, Berlin TXL – the Urban Tech Republic, a research and industrial park for urban technologies and Schumacher Quartier, a new residential district will be developed; as well as a 200-hectare landscape zone which will be developed by Grün Berlin.
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Project Brief
In the Urban Tech Republic as many as 1,000 large and small businesses with 20,000 employees will work in research, development, and production. And more than 2,500 students will move into the former terminal building along with the prestigious Berliner Hochschule für Technik University. In total around 5,000 students will populate the Berlin TXL campus. Berlin TXL will focus on what keeps the 21st century’s growing major cities alive: the efficient use of energy, sustainable construction, eco-friendly mobility, recycling, networked control of systems, clean water, and application of new materials. Berlin TXL – The Urban Tech Republic is a unique initiative in Europe at the present time, if not in the whole world.
These new blueprints for future city living will become available in the neighboring areas from now on: In Schumacher Quartier there will be upwards of 5,000 homes for more than 10,000 people in a vibrant urban district with daycare centers, schools and shopping facilities. Here forward-thinking solutions are explored for providing climate-neutral energy and high standards of energy as well as new models for mobility. Technologies will be researched and developed right next door – in the Urban Tech Republic. A further 4,000 homes are planned for the neighboring districts of Cité Pasteur and TXL Nord.
Project Innovation/Need
A clean and social city, a city for the people - highly modern and innovative, while being close to nature and respectful in dealing with resources. New approaches and methods were incorporated into the planning, and experts from a wide variety of disciplines work hand in hand to develop holistic solutions that make Berlin TXL unique.
Sustainability
Only three pilot projects in Germany have been pre-certified in accordance with the “New construction in a commercial quarter” profile of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). Berlin TXL – The Urban Tech Republic is the first commercial quarter worldwide to receive the Platinum Award. The DGNB promotes sustainable building and recognises buildings that are particularly environmentally friendly and energy efficient, that conserve resources, and at the same time meet the needs of the users. Urban quarters are evaluated on the basis of the infrastructure and more general considerations – for example the strategies relating to energy, water and waste management.
Architecture - Proposed
This award celebrates the design process and product of planning, designing and constructing form, space and ambience that reflect functional, technical, social, and aesthetic considerations. Consideration given for material selection, technology, light and shadow. The project can be a concept, tender or personal project, i.e. proposed space.
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