The Sony Center Berlin at Potsdamer Platz belongs to the most spectacular new buildings in Berlin since the reunification.
Architecture
The Sony Center is a complex of 7 different buildings, including the DB Tower. From the outside, the center shows a triangular shape, with the DB Tower at the top.
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More InformationInside is an oval square for public use. Between the buildings you have direct access to the surrounding streets. The square is spanned by a fan-shaped tent roof, which is attached to a steel ring that lies on the surrounding buildings.
The steel construction was built by the Austrian steel construction company Waagner-Biro.
It symbolizes the holy mountain of Mount Fuji which is the residence of the Kami (divinities). The Sony center shall offer the Kami another place of residence in Europe. In this complex, the European headquarters of the Sony Group is housed.
Type of usage
The architect Helmut Jahn tried to unite living, work and entertainment in the building complex. Off the available 132,500 m² of floor surfaces, 68,000 serve as offices, 26,500 as living area and 34,500 as entertainment area with a cinema center, bars and restaurants.
An approval condition from the monument protection authority was the integration of parts of the Hotel Esplanade. The Hotel Esplanade was a center of the social life in Prewar Germany. For this purpose, the former imperial hall was moved 70 m.
In the evenings, the tent is illuminated in different colors, which constantly produces different atmospheres. The illumination is from the Paris light artist Yann Kersalé. The complex architectural forms allow visitors only marvel. One hardly knows where to look first.
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