Old Metal Workshop in Berlin

The much-cited creative industry takes root almost anywhere – for instance, in a backyard in the Neukölln borough of Berlin. Here, the office of Carlos Alarcon and Axel Linde remodelled a former metal workshop into a place for dwelling and working. The clients were three individuals from different professions who expressed different intentions and requirements for the resulting spaces.

Old Metal Workshop in Berlin
The backyard ensem- ble was first used as garages, then as metal workshop and now as a combined dwelling, office and studio build- ing. During the conver- sion it received a uni- form charred timber facade. © Ronald Patrick