aware lab Berlin / Kessler Plescher Architekten

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  120
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Schnepp Renou
  • Lead Architects: Katrin Julia Plescher, Arne Keßler
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Text description provided by the architects. Keßler Plescher Architekten designed the first outlet for the healthcare start-up aware in Berlin. The company provides services based on blood tests such as comprehensive information and guidance to improve well-being.

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The design and layout of the lab seek to facilitate the idea of integrating this service into people's lives at a very prominent location: Clients come here to have a blood sample taken - a service that takes usually part in a doctor's office. The design aims to create a new experience for the clients since probably very few people ever had a blood sample taken in a place that felt comforting and looked good.

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The place presented itself with a number of load-bearing pillars that had to be integrated into the layout of the design and a facade on two sides facing both the Rosenthaler Strasse as well as the Auguststrasse.

The booths are arranged at the rear side, the steel frame doors follow a zig-zag line. The glass panes are treated with plastic foils functioning as a mirror from the outside. From the inside the glass doesn’t reflect but allows to look to the other side of the street.

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This way the process of having a blood sample taken in the middle of the city becomes a very public experience for the clients without giving up their privacy. Anyone standing on the outside of the cabins will see the city reflected in the mirrors.

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Mirror-polished stainless steel is arranged with leather and polycarbonate panels to give the place a sterile yet lab-like appearance. Wooden chairs complement the set-up.

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Address:Berlin, Germany

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Cite: "aware lab Berlin / Kessler Plescher Architekten" 10 Apr 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1015490/aware-lab-berlin-kessler-plescher-architekten> ISSN 0719-8884

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Aware 实验室柏林 / Kessler Plescher Architekten

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