A Tour of Impact Hub Berlin

Impact Hub Berlin is a coworking space/innovation lab that offers its members unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration, and collaboration opportunities to grow their business. In 2015, Impact Hub Berlin was reconstructed and redesigned by LXSY Architekten, and here is the final result.

“Just like a second skin, the new interior design folds, blends and wraps itself into the new Impact Hub Berlin, and onto the existing building situated at Mehringplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg (designed by Werner Dittmann in the 1960s). The design captures the spirit of, and the engagement towards social entrepreneurs that the Impact Hub Berlin GmbH lives and works for every day. The Impact Hub is a co-working space that supports, nurtures and fosters Social (impact) Start-Ups. The concept caters for a wide variety of spaces, such as dynamic work areas, focussed works areas, chill-out areas, more traditional offices, workshops, and event- and meeting rooms. The design is marked by its juxtaposition between openness and singularity, communication and silence, dynamic work spaces and focussed work areas. The second skin seamlessly moves from one space to the next adding the necessary functions and options that the space needs. It is a subtle design that gives warmth and a positive atmosphere for the young dynamic start-up scene. The sculptural wood interior design folds and wraps itself along the walls of the building in part as wall cladding, and in part as a functional element that becomes a kitchen element, a seating spot, a Skype box, a fixed table or a storage space. A wooden box on the northern most part of the office is like a house in a house that makes up the more classic functions of office space, meeting room and workshop. The open and light-flooded space is zoned by unobtrusive translucent sliding doors and a shed roof that make the space flexible and open to different kinds of events and functions“, says Leroux Sichrovsky Architects

Location: Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany
Date completed: 2015
Design: LXSY Architekten
Wood & Joinery work: Filq design-studio
Photography: Anne Deppe