Jandorf Department Store, 2019
Office building
At the end of 2017, AUKETT + HEESE was commissioned to plan the listed former Jandorf department store – which was used as the GDR House of Fashion after the war until 1989 and has stood empty since then – in Work Stage 5 and in parts also in WS 3, 6 and 7 in the Cost Group 300 on the basis of an extended preliminary design.
The building was badly affected by the long vacancy and various unfinished conversion measures such as a half-finished underground car park. In 2017, a new tenant and user was found in Mercedes. The user’s tenant planning was integrated into the design by AUKETT + HEESE. During the conversion, extensive and complex solutions had to be found for the basement with the half-finished underground car park, for the renovation of the ceilings, the flat roof area with a large new roof terrace and the former atrium.
Category
Location
Berlin-Mitte
Status
completed
Timeline
2017 - 2019
Gross floor area
11.000 m²
Service phases
3, 5, 6, 7
Client
Israel Jacob Schultz
Photography
Tom Wagner/Michael Reitz
In the atrium area, an old glass roof was reconstructed for a conference zone below in accordance with modern requirements. On the ground floor and 1st floor this atrium was designed to create a representative foyer with fire protection glazing and concealed integrated fire protection curtains. The staircases, some with old wooden panelling, were renovated in accordance with the requirements of the listed building authorities, as was the natural stone façade facing the street. The old steel windows were also renovated and energy-efficiently upgraded with new interior wooden windows. Furthermore, various preserved doors, stucco elements and wood panelling were refurbished and the old stucco cladding was reconstructed as an example in the area of the columns on the 1st floor.
In the atrium area, an old glass roof was reconstructed for a conference zone below in accordance with modern requirements. On the ground floor and 1st floor this atrium was designed to create a representative foyer with fire protection glazing and concealed integrated fire protection curtains. The staircases, some with old wooden panelling, were renovated in accordance with the requirements of the listed building authorities, as was the natural stone façade facing the street. The old steel windows were also renovated and energy-efficiently upgraded with new interior wooden windows. Furthermore, various preserved doors, stucco elements and wood panelling were refurbished and the old stucco cladding was reconstructed as an example in the area of the columns on the 1st floor.
The development into a modern office space, especially regarding room depths, room acoustics and electrical supply to the workplaces, required demanding and individual solutions from the planners. The previously unused roof with its impressive period steel roof truss was also converted into a modern office space. A modern unfinished extension from the 1990s was completed and made available to the ground floor as an office extension. The building was handed over to the user in summer 2019.
The development into a modern office space, especially regarding room depths, room acoustics and electrical supply to the workplaces, required demanding and individual solutions from the planners. The previously unused roof with its impressive period steel roof truss was also converted into a modern office space. A modern unfinished extension from the 1990s was completed and made available to the ground floor as an office extension. The building was handed over to the user in summer 2019.
Location
Berlin-Mitte
Status
completed
Timeline
2017 - 2019
Gross floor area
11.000 m²
Service phases
3, 5, 6, 7
Client
Israel Jacob Schultz
Photography
Tom Wagner/Michael Reitz