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Alteration and refurbishment of Tucholskystr. 2 in Berlin Mitte for Google/Youtube

Client

Google Germany GmbH

AHMM
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris - London

Processing period

2016 - 2019

Performance

HOAI-LP 4-8

Measures taken

Built between 1878 and 1883 by the Gropius & Schmieden architects' association. Basic refurbishment by David Chipperfield in 2011-14, now conversion for use by Google YouTube.

Special for three YouTube studios

  • Vibration requirements
  • For this purpose, a three-storey steel frame was inserted as a pendulum construction and filled with masonry (house-in-house construction)
  • Demolition of a floor
  • Doubling of the floor construction with a second slab
  • Decoupling via special spring elements - the resulting cavity between the insulation layer and the new ceiling is particularly important for the insulation in the low-frequency range
  • Second wall shell as a drywall construction in front of the infilled steel construction
  • Suspended ceilings with acoustic decoupling elements
  • Epoxy resin floor with very low tolerances for vibration-free tracking shots on a tripod
  • When setting up the two larger studios in the new building, the underground route of the S-Bahn line running directly in front of the building had to be taken into account
  • time lapse video via Cloud by ISG-Germany