Axel-Springer-Passage - Berlin

Axel-Springer-Passage - Berlin
High-quality offices, diverse services and varied gastronomy are housed on eight floors in the middle of the historic newspaper quarter of Berlin.	Location:	Markgrafenstraße, Berlin
	Year built:	2003
	Planning:	Architekturbüro Renton, Howard, Wood, Levin Partnership (RHWL), Berlin

Bluish coloured paving bricks in Meißen design Axel Springer Passage
This new 6 to 8 storey building for the shopping arcade nestles proudly amongst the two existing, prominent 19-storey high-rise buildings of the largest newspaper firm in Europe. The external appearance is striking thanks to the visual effects of the transparent, glass façade. 190,000 blue-anthracite Meißen paving brick covering a surface area of around 4,000 m² were used on the ground floor of the new building.

Owing to the grid dimension and the join width required, the bricks were produced in the special format of 195/95/52 cm. The elevator floors were also fitted with 2,500 items, cut to 2 cm thickness. The architect set a design flair to the paving brick surface through mosaic lines consisting of Portuguese granite.

Ground:
Paving brick Meißen blue, blue multi 190.000 items