In the middle of Berlin Kreuzberg, PANDION OFFICEHOME developed a modern commercial courtyard with contemporary, flexible spaces as an optimal “new work environment” for start-ups and traditional companies alike. Eike Becker Architekten designed a building with an urban loft character. The wayfinding system gives the building complex a visual identity and creates orientation.

Built in 1964, “Café Moskau” was used dur­ing the GDR as an amuse­ment palace, and to­day is a na­tion­ally known event lo­ca­tion. The Sput­nik satel­lite over the en­trance, a gift from the So­vi­ets, once sym­bol­ised tech­no­log­i­cal in­no­va­tion and progress. It cor­re­sponds to the trans­parency and light­ness of the ar­chi­tec­ture of the two-storey atrium build­ing. The ori­en­ta­tion sys­tem takes on this trans­parency, and the de­sign – at the clien­t’s re­quest – is based on the de­sign of the ori­en­ta­tion sys­tem for the ew­erk power sta­tion. The pre­dom­i­nant colour blue is rem­i­nis­cent of outer space and of the uni­verse. The new logo, de­signed by Moni­teurs, has also adopted this as­so­ci­a­tion with the plan­ets, as well as us­ing the ar­chi­tec­ture and his­tory of the build­ing as start­ing points for the de­sign.

Two large com­pa­nies have their head­quar­ters at Auf­bau Haus: the Auf­bau Ver­lag Pub­lish­ing House and Mod­u­lor, a ma­te­ri­al's provider which, as Planet Mod­u­lor, pro­vides ad­di­tional ser­vices to the cre­ative and craft in­dus­tries in the build­ing. The ar­eas of ac­tiv­ity of the two main ten­ants – writ­ing and ma­te­ri­als – pro­vided the start­ing points for the de­sign of the ori­en­ta­tion sys­tem. Moni­teurs’ idea was that the ar­ti­sans of Planet Mod­u­lor should be in­volved in the cre­ation process.