DLW Linoleum References - Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science in Berlin

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The wood panelling and the red linoleum floor create a warm atmosphere in the library.

Constructor: Voltaire Verwaltungsgesellschaft, Pullach

Architects: Dietrich.Dietrich.Tafel, Stuttgart

Location: Berlin

Adress: Boltzmannstraße 22

Completion: 2006

Photos: Werner Huthmacher, Berlin

The Institute for the History of Science in Berlin is one of 80 research facilities in the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities of the Max Planck Society. After the institute had been housed for several years in the premises of the Czech Embassy, in 2006 the employees were able to move into the new institute building in the Dahlem city sector. The large volume of the building cleverly integrates itself into the small-scale villa neighbourhood: the individual departments as well as two buildings with apartments are grouped as pavilions around a central courtyard; they are linked by a ring-shaped hallway on the first floor. The library on the lower level – with more than 60,000 volumes and over 25,000 historical documents the heart of the building – is naturally lit by two-storey open spaces as well as walled gardens.

Dietrich.Dietrich.Tafel, Stuttgart; Dietrich & Dietrich, Stuttgart; Ingenieurbüro Schmid, München
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When the weather is bad, the employees and the residents of the apartment pavilions built onto the back can use the covered outdoor space.
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In the open space of the two-storey foyer, the main stairs lead up to the first floor of the institute.
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The rotunda of old chestnut trees around which the new building is grouped determines the special quality of the courtyard.
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The institute is accessed via a generous stair from Boltzmannstraße.
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Courtyards between the individual pavilion buildings supply the library rooms on the lower level with daylight.
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Floor plan ground floor