Key：Germany | 2000 | Commercial complex

项目概况:

covering 2.6 ha area and with a total investment of 750 million euros, the sony center is located in potsdamer platz and opened in 2000. integrating the traditional european street and american contemporary shopping mall together, the buildings in different styles with minimalist landscape and the classical city interact to push berlin in the forefront of the new contemporary architecture. the buildings with distinctive feature and full of modern and technology is designed by american architect helmut jahn. seven independent buildings including sony european headquarters, media center, office building, leisure & entertainment facilities, etc. enclose inwards; form the center plaza of 4000m2 with a huge tent made by steel, connecting rod, coated glass and fabrics, and radiate out to the pedestrian streets strengthening the continuity and sense of wholeness of the public room and providing visitors a panoramic view. the landscape by minimalist master designer peter walker is concise and simple, clean and neat. repeat the composition form of 3d spatial concept in the design and set a half-moon-shaped flower bed between the ground and basement. part of circular water pool is on the plaza and part suspended on the windows as the transparent eaves of the basement, bringing the fantastic change of shadow and light. the glass, metal, stones materials skillfully combine and connect plants echoing with the buildings to shape the colorful public space as well as humanized scale and the kind atmosphere.