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Photo of the wooden extension to the Metropolitan School Berlin. You can see a large multi-storey building.
Photo of the wooden extension to the Metropolitan School Berlin. You can see a large multi-storey building. © Jan Bitter

Client:
Metropolitan Service GmbH, Berlin

Construction period:
2016-2017

Location:
Berlin

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Metropolitan School, Berlin

The Berlin Metropolitan School was founded in 2004 and is the oldest international school in Berlin-Mitte. The existing building is an industrially prefabricated reinforced concrete system construction.
The addition of the extra storey resulted in an expansion of the existing space by more than 1800m2. The challenge was to implement the construction measures while the school was still in operation, meaning that the available space had to grow gradually in line with demand. With this in mind, the extension was designed as a timber construction, which significantly shortened the construction time thanks to the high degree of prefabrication. Due to their low dead weight, the timber roof structures did not require any additional foundations or interventions in the supporting structure of the existing prefabricated buildings.

Impressions

  • Photo of the wooden extension to the Metropolitan School Berlin. You can see a large multi-storey building. © Jan Bitter
    Photo of the wooden extension to the Metropolitan School Berlin. You can see a large multi-storey building. © Jan Bitter
  • Photo of a seated hall with a large visible ribbed wooden construction. © Jan Bitter
    Photo of a seated hall with a large visible ribbed wooden construction. © Jan Bitter
  • Photo of a stage area with a large visible ribbed wooden construction. © Jan Bitter
    Photo of a stage area with a large visible ribbed wooden construction. © Jan Bitter
  • Photo of an interior with visible wooden walls and ceilings at the Metropolitan School Berlin. © Jan Bitter
    Photo of an interior with visible wooden walls and ceilings at the Metropolitan School Berlin. © Jan Bitter
  • Photo of a library with a visible ribbed wooden ceiling. © ZÜBLIN Timber
    Photo of a library with a visible ribbed wooden ceiling. © ZÜBLIN Timber
  • Photo of a computer room at the Metropolitan School Berlin. © ZÜBLIN Timber
    Photo of a computer room at the Metropolitan School Berlin. © ZÜBLIN Timber
  • Photo of the wooden extension to the Metropolitan School Berlin. You can see a large multi-storey building. © ZÜBLIN Timber
    Photo of the wooden extension to the Metropolitan School Berlin. You can see a large multi-storey building. © ZÜBLIN Timber

Assembly

  • Photo of the assembly of the Metropolitan School Berlin. Many wooden elements can be seen. © ZÜBLIN Timber
    Photo of the assembly of the Metropolitan School Berlin. Many wooden elements can be seen. © ZÜBLIN Timber
  • Photo of the assembly of the Metropolitan School Berlin. Many wooden elements can be seen. © ZÜBLIN Timber
    Photo of the assembly of the Metropolitan School Berlin. Many wooden elements can be seen. © ZÜBLIN Timber
  • Photo of the assembly of the Metropolitan School Berlin. Many wooden elements can be seen. © ZÜBLIN Timber
    Photo of the assembly of the Metropolitan School Berlin. Many wooden elements can be seen. © ZÜBLIN Timber
  • Photo of the wooden extension to the Metropolitan School Berlin. You can see a large multi-storey building. © ZÜBLIN Timber
    Photo of the wooden extension to the Metropolitan School Berlin. You can see a large multi-storey building. © ZÜBLIN Timber
  • Photo of the Metropolitan School Berlin assembly. © ZÜBLIN Timber
    Photo of the Metropolitan School Berlin assembly. © ZÜBLIN Timber
  • Our services
    • Workshop planning
    • Production and delivery of ready-to-install wooden elements
  • Products used

    LENO® cross laminated timber, hollow box rib elements, laminated veneer lumber components (Kerto)

  • Architectural office

    Sauerbruch Hutton

  • Building owner

    Metropolitan Service GmbH, Berlin

  • Client

    Carpentry Vater GmbH & Co KG, Lutherstadt Wittenberg