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Construction Project
North-South Connection Berlin, Railway Station Potsdamer Platz
Location
  • Berlin-Mitte
Client
  • DB Projekt GmbH Knoten Berlin
Planning
  • Architektengemeinschaft Hilmer & Sattler, Hermann + Öttl, Modersohn & Freiesleben, IVZ-Igenieurgemeinschaft für die Planung von Verkehrsanlagen im Zentralen Bereich Berlin, Emch und Partner, Schüssler-Plan, DE-Consult
Investment volume
  • approx. DM 39.0 million
Construction period
  • June 1998 to December 1999
Contracted services for BMG
  • Section 15.8-HOAI–Property planning of buildings and outdoor installations, property supervision
  • Section 73.8-HOAI–Property planning of technical installation, property supervision
Structures constructed
  • Pedestrian gangway on 1st underground level (L/W = 140.00/50.00 m) covering an area of 5,000 m²
  • Steps to the platforms and ground level
  • Connection structures to intracity train, and entry DaimlerChrysler and Sony buildings Building technology central offices for electric installations, sprinklers, ventilation, fire and malfunction alarms
  • Platform on 2nd underground level (L/B = 230.00/11.50 m)
Special features
  • Special requirements in construction logistics due to the simultaneous realization of the neighbouring large projects (Daimler-City SONY- Center, and others)
  • Partly undercutting the DaimlerChrysler tower block
Utilization
  • Railway station for the regional and intercity service of the new north-south axis of Berlin
  • Underground pedestrian connection of the new residential and commercial centres at Potsdamer Platz with existing intracity railway station and the underground line U3
Construction
  • Job-mixed concrete construction, masonry installations, steel-glass constructions
Design/Fixtures
  • Backlighting for steel-glass projections and support panelling
  • 28 escalators and 5 lifts
  • Conduct of daylight to the lowest platform level by means of 17 oversized Plexiglas prism pipes (light pipes)