Marea pocket doors

A skilful dialogue between two materials, wood and concrete, generate a strong characterisation to the renovation of an early twentieth-century home in Kreuzberg, Berlin’s famous multicultural district.Architect Tanja Meyle (of Meylenstein Berlin) converted the building into a 250 sqm loft with a contemporary style.The existing wooden structure was preserved, as well as for the old chimneys and the two main brick walls.The central structure consists of a concrete cube that separate the large open space of the living room from the smaller kitchen. Some pre-existent bricks are left back in the kitchen, to show where the traces of the old fireplace are.Three boxes coloured in blue of different sizes heights line the corridor, never reaching th... More