SH23

Gunnar Krempin Sustainability

Our first cohounsing projekt is to be developed in a quiet residential street in Berlin-Spandau. On the prominent corner lot, we are designing a residential building with 15 units in the KfW55 standard. The shape and location of the property, as well as planning regulations, ensure a special architecture across the street corner: Interlaced bay windows and balconies loosen up …

Kita Glückshausen

Gunnar Krempin

Together with our client kevisa gGmbH, we are planning and developing a three-storey new daycare center in Berlin for around 100 children. Based on the clients concept , the central themes of “environment / nature, nutrition and home” are implemented spatially, graphically and constructively both in the building and in the outside area. The supporting structure consists of a slim …

Co-Housing Project “Am Kreuzgraben”

Gunnar Krempin

We are constructing two apartment buildings with 15 individual apartments as a co-hounsig project  in the district Niederschönhausen in Berlin. Besides the challenge of individual design and planning for owners and future dwellers, we have to maintain the ground water level during construction time. Renderings: Malte Niedringhaus

HOEP44

Gunnar Krempin Interior Design

We transform a dwelling from the 1920s in the aviation district of Berlin-Tempelhof. The last modernisation of the building dates back th the 1950s. The building is part of the preservation decree Gartenstadt Neu Tempelhof. Our concepts adapts the house to the demands of the new owners and transforms it into a contemporary single-family home, whithout neglecting historic elements and …

Baugruppe CH24

Gunnar Krempin

In the heart of Berlin – Weissensee, SPAR*K is developing an apartment building with 28 units, including an underground car park and a community garden. The housing typologies consist of apartments, duplexes with private gardens and penthouses. The 5 -story building will be built as energy efficiency house KfW 70, the ownership is a co-housing owner association. The building’s envelope …

Baugruppe MAX42

Gunnar Krempin

BG MAX 42 is a joint building venture and is located south of Maximilianstraße in the district of Pankow / Berlin. There will be 7 apartments on 5 floors, which have been developed in collaboration with the future residents. The units have a living area from 106 sqm up to 168 sqm with a ceiling height of 3.0 m and …

Schwelgerei

Gunnar Krempin

In past years, numerous new bars opened up In the trending district of Neukölln., The more important it became to create unique selling points not only on the drinks’ menu, but also architecturally. For the concept of a bar focusing on German wines and corresponding snacks, SPAR*K developed an adaptable interior space. The bar can change atmospherically according to day …

OSRAM Lichtwelten

Gunnar Krempin Brand Design, Brand Design, Brand Design, Brand Design, Brand Design, Brand Design, Brand Design, Brand Design, Brand Design

Since generations, OSRAM is one of the leading brands of innovative research and development in the fields of residential, medical and industrial light and lighting. SPAR*K researches with a design study the possibility of establishing the OSRAM Lichtwelten Berlin. On two floors in a protected former glass factory, the opportunities for brand and product presentation as well as for events …

Haus S49

Gunnar Krempin

This Wilhelminian building in Sredzkistraße in Prenzlauer Berg / Berlin will be expanded by an additional penthouse . Within its contemporary materiality and form, the patched level is strictly disposed from the underlying vintage building. The formal generation of roof shape is designed according to the height of the neighboring buildings .

Olympus Photography Playground

Gunnar Krempin

The Olympus Photography Playground is a successful exhibition concept, developed by the Agency vitamin e for the camera manufacturer Olympus .  Since 2013, the event takes place in different cities all over Europe. Visitors can view interactive artworks by provided cameras and take pictures. Particular attention is paid in the selection of the location. SPAR * K assist the Agency …

APARTMENT_K

Gunnar Krempin

The historic apartment of the late theatre professor Ivan Nagel is now in the hands of an art collector. The apartment is located in the city west and has its own garden, it has been in the very same state for more than 30 years.Thus, a complete renovation, modernisation is neccessary. Besides surfaces, electricity and plumbing, also reinforcements in the …

Bildungshaus Wolfsburg

Gunnar Krempin

Four different educational institutions are joint spatially and thematically together in a new Bildungshaus. Manifold uses and functions require a flexible as clearly structured building concept.The building is conceived as a landscape, which allows both smooth transitions and clear separation of the different uses and exciting references from inside and outside. By dividing the building in topographic bands with incised …

Loft M

Gunnar Krempin

The attic is located in Berlin’s absolute prime location in the Oderbergerstraße / Prenzlauer Berg. On 185 sqm , the loft was individually renovated and furnished with a high quality kitchen and furniture according to the wishes of the client. The typical Berlin old apartment building now houses a wonderful oasis of retreat including a spacious roof terrace and bright …

Integrated living in Hanover

Gunnar Krempin Urban Design, Urban Design, Urban Design, Urban Design, Urban Design, Urban Design, Urban Design, Urban Design

The competition aim is a barrier-free apartment and business building as passive house at the Hainhölzer Markt in Hannover, which functions for the quarter both as an entrance buildings as well as a prominent gate. SPAR*K proposes a volume that deviates to the street and orients itself to the square. The volume is broken with a large cutout, a green …

Attic B

Gunnar Krempin

SPAR*K designs an individual attic for a couple, a musician and an artist. The individual apartment has a studio and a rooftop terrace and is located in Berlin Neukölln. The focus in the design lies on the couples’ requirements on living and working, and on individual scenarios with friends and family in the apartment. Living space, studio and bedroom can …

Senseo Roadshow

Gunnar Krempin

Senseo – synonym for good coffee – is launching a road show through Germany and Austria. SPAR*K executes and coordinates the specially designed truck. The Roadshow truck with a comfortable lounge is traveling through various German cities and invites customers to taste and inform themselves about the many varieties of coffee from Senseo at every stop. Furthermore, two mobile Senseo …

Fair stand DMY

Gunnar Krempin

SPAR*K has developed a fair stand sculpture for the dmy 2012 in a collaborative design process. The dmy ‘STAND DER DINGE’ (‘State of things’) is a spatial installation consisting of over 60 old window frames found in the district Neukölln. It is both wall, partition element, sculptural furniture and fair stand. The goal of the process was the development of …

Ritter Sport chocolate tour

Gunnar Krempin

Ritter Sport is celebrating its 100th anniversary. For this occasion, the Bunte Schokotour has been developed : a mobile building made of nine specially custom-made 40-feet containers. The building is transported with trucks and touring though 19 German cities. The Chocolate World provides 300 sqm of chocolate shop, a chocolate workshop and chocolate lounge. The concept came from the renowned …

House_K

Gunnar Krempin

A typical 50’s settlement house in Münster is now getting too compact for the family of five and has to be expanded: at first, the children’s rooms on the upper floor are increased by a dormer window, providing a visual connection with the garden through its generous glass facade. Deep window sills create new amenity value with a view of …

APARTMENT_N

Gunnar Krempin

The historic apartment of the late theatre professor Ivan Nagel is now in the hands of an art collector. The apartment is located in the city west and has its own garden, it has been in the very same state for more than 30 years.Thus, a complete renovation, modernisation is neccessary. Besides surfaces, electricity and plumbing, also reinforcements in the …

Stage design for Camus – The Plague

Gunnar Krempin Architectual Art, Installations

The theatre and performance troupe RAMPIG staged ‘La Peste’ by Albert Camus as different performances which take place sequentially and parallel. In the theatre, the classic division between audience and stage is overridden, the spectator is part of a staged exhibition and decides by oneself, when and what one wants to see. The stage sculpture by SPAR*K made out of …

Indoor climbing ‘Summit Hall’

Gunnar Krempin

A new district, Riedberg, is being developed in the northwestern part of the city of Frankfurt. Besides attractive housing quarters with retail facilities, local square and restaurants, the district will become a new location for science and technology with the siting of natural science facilities of the Goethe university and the research institutes of Science City. Within this context, SPAR*K …

Kindergarden ‘Sparrows nest’

Gunnar Krempin Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability

A kindergarten institution invited SPAR*K to a competition for a new day-care centre design on a 6500 sqm site in Berlin, SPAR*K won the 3rd prize. The large outdoor area protected by the new volume from the public space and street, a small park is created which offers numerous playing possibilities for the kids. The building will be an ecological …

Roof_B

Gunnar Krempin

For the entrance area of a private art collector SPAR*K is designing a roof sculpture which is poth protecting the entrance from bad weather as well as a being a sculpture of its own. The glass surfaces of the entrance are is decorated with a glass mosaique which shall be staged through this the sculpture. The rip structure is derived …

Altstadtgalerie Celle

Gunnar Krempin

The city of Celle together with the investor GEDO invited SPAR*K to the call for proposals for the new inner city shopping mall called “Altstadt Galerie Celle”. The aim of the competition was to find a concept for a sensitive integration into the historical urban fabric. The predominant typology is timber frame houses with a variety of ornaments, colours, rhythms …

Air bridge Rotterdam

Gunnar Krempin Architectual Art, Architectual Art, Architectual Art, Architectual Art, Brand Design

In Rotterdam, The eye hospital building is situated next to the research and rehabilitation facility Visio. Both companies are in need for an air ridge connecting the two buildings. Besides it’s main function, the bridge is also supposed to be an eye catcher. The two buildings of the Oogziekenhuis and Visio are growing together – a gesture that is expressed …

Facade Theater Hamburg

Gunnar Krempin

In 2010, the German theatre Hamburg initiated a facade design competition for the construction of their new stage tower. The design of SPAR*K is a reminiscence to the dome of the significant historic front, the most dominant building of the ensemble. Large-sized anthracite facade panels made of concrete relief dominate the image of the monolithic cube, that is intersected by …

Office design for REHAU

Gunnar Krempin

SPAR*K took part in the REHAU Group design competition and developed an office for 8-14 co-workers. The requirement of contemporary architecture offices to be adaptable to alternating situations and project related growth served as initial idea for the project. Spatial reorganisation of workplaces and setup of individual workgroups can be arranged easily. The spatial concept divides the office into 3 …

Schloss Hartberg

Gunnar Krempin

The aim of the competition was to achieve a preliminary design for a modification of the castle of Hartberg including two annexes, a Western and an Eastern part. The western part is integrated in the existing historic ensemble and fills-up the gap towards the wall. The new service rooms for the castle are situated here, as well as a new …

House T

Gunnar Krempin

The approx. 1000 sqm property is situated at the northern city limits of Berlin, in Glienicke / Nordbahn. The specific characteristics of the site stipulated by local building regulations allow a narrow building to the street and an elongated volume in the depth, to leave the former German-German border on the premises visible and free of any built mass. In …

Ritter Sport Flagship Store

Gunnar Krempin Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design, Interior Design

Right next to the Lafayette department store SPAR*K overtook the construction management of the Ritter Sports Bunte Schoko Welt for the live events communications agency, vitamin e Events & Emotions GmbH from Hamburg. On Friday, 15th of January 2010, the world’s first flagship store of Ritter Sport opened its gates on around 1000 m² in Berlin. Here you can find …

AJKA ROCKS Europan 10

Gunnar Krempin

Ajka is a changing, young city with a clear distinction due to its heavy – industry past. It has a strong bond to its traditional retreat, the Somló hill. In the past, Ajkas inhabitants left the city in search for recreation, a healthy environment and distance from work. Thus, the city centre developed into a merely single-purpose area, to cater …

Entwicklungszentrum Wien

Gunnar Krempin

As a high-quality in-between space, the ‘Entwicklungsgebiet D’ lies adjacent to the historical urban fabric of Favoriten and the growing, contemporary urban area of the new main train station. As a mixed-use district, the area functions both as knot between the characteristic housing area in the South and the international staion area, and as a gradient between the outskirts and …

Cafeteria Waldorf School Berlin Mitte

Gunnar Krempin Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, Urban Design

The Waldorf School Berlin Mitte resides in the protected complex of the former primary School Weinmeistersteraße. On the Northern side of the building, the school intends to erect a new building for after-school care and cafeteria. The SPAR*K design both reflects the rational grid façade of the existing building and distinguishes itself from it. Thereby the special use of the …

PRACTICE_R

Gunnar Krempin

The challenge with the gynecological practice of Dr. Rehn in the Kollwitzstraße was to generate a design, coordinate and harmonize it with the client and realize it in a very short amount of time. The leitmotif of the design concept is based on the existing corporate identity of the praxis, the water lily. It creates an amorphous spatial arrangement which …