Berlin Spree Insel

BERLIN, GERMANY, 1993

This project seeks to make a mixed-use neighborhood from what might simply have been a single-use government precinct by adding housing and commercial activity to the program of ministerial facilities and museums.  The proposal is organized by a large circular figure that unites the disparate activities and is intended to accrete a range of variations, including a large public market in its interior.  Cars are excluded from the center of the site and green spaces within the project are meant to propagate through the city, linking existing parks and gardens into a continuous chain.

Credits: Michael Sorkin, Andrei Vovk