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A lavish row of shops between Potsdamer Platz and Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin's Kreuzberg neighborhood were expanded for the new online editorial staff of the weekly paper Die Zeit. Within the space, which is predominantly designed as an open-space office, an open and transparent setting developed with a focus on everyday editorial work and sight lines that support communication.

The four offices of the editorial board are located in a freestanding glass box within the space. The editor-in-chief's individual, completely glazed office on the gable end offers an unobstructed view of the news desk as well as the departments and can be transformed into a limited-visibility space with all-around, floor-length curtains. Content-related departments are grouped around the centrally located, U-shaped news desk and strategically arranged with short paths between one another. Longitudinally aligned linear light fittings along the departments emphasize the long walkways while slightly transparent panel curtains on the front glass facade protect against sun exposure and views into the editorial office.

A break room and lounge area with a large cooking island, guest offices, conference rooms, and four small cubicles as a safe haven for temporary individual work complement the editorial office area. The black reception desk with plank cover panels on the back wall along with the ceiling cutout form a color-marked unit in the entrance area.

In order to ensure complete dimming when necessary, a heavy curtain was installed in the event room on the street side. The wall design in the adjacent conference room offers a small highlight: Part of a mural by an unknown artist from the room's earlier use as a makeshift studio has been integrated into the new interior design as a matter of course.

Client
Zeit online

Gross
1.300 sqm