Charite Bettenhochhaus

Project Objectives and Brief

At Priedemann any project starts with the determination of the planning basis, with the facts, requirements and possibilities – no matter when we start and always together with everyone involved in the project

What is the design concept?
Which local standards apply?
Urban planning requirements?

Energy requirements?
Weighing up the priorities in the “magic triangle” of quality, costs and duration
Definition of an objective as a benchmark for all subsequent planning phases
Development of the evaluation criteria as expert assessors in architectural competitions

Project Objectives and Brief

Architectural Competitions

We are happy to get involved as early as we can.

We love competitions, regardless of whether we can be creative facade experts in the team of architects or experts on the client side.

We support innovative and future-oriented concepts, new technologies and solutions with realistic cost calculations.

Architectural Competitions

Refurbishment

Priedemann offers comprehensive knowledge of materials, types of construction and construction methods for assessing the quality and value of the inventory with minimized depth of interference with the material.

Taking into account listed buildings, economic and design requirements such as preservation of individual details, renovation during ongoing operation, gutting with new extension, etc., we develop targeted renovation concepts for the facade on the basis of precise measurements as well as material, strength and load-bearing capacity analyses.

Refurbishment

Detailed/Developed Design

Priedemann develops the facade concept for planning ready for approval – taking into account all planning principles and requirements determined up to that point, e.g. the climate plan, building technology and building statics.

Detailed hand-drawn sketches
CAD-based layout plans and CAD-guided details
3-dimensional analysis of the shell of the building for complex facades
Selection of the materials and type of facade
Drafting of the facade plan on the basis of the building physics and acoustic specifications

Integration of fire safety and smoke extraction plans
Security requirements are taken into consideration
Collaboration on the overall design so that it can be approved
Joint design, joint width and depth in accordance with the building movements identified and relevant tolerances
Documentation in report form
Ongoing updating and further development of the design, cost estimate and construction scheduling
Support in the planning and implementation of 1:1 facade samples to ensure that the design is progressing as intended, e.g. in design-and-build processes

Detailed/Developed Design

Technical/Construction Design

Priedemann sees the implementation planning as a precise simulation of the construction process and the building – in detail, digitally and, depending on the complexity, as a 3-dimensional model.

Guide-detail planning as CAD drawing on a scale of 1:1 with all connections to adjacent components
Detailed representation of the layers, components and individual components of the facade solution supplemented by material descriptions and dimensioning

Planning on the basis of static pre-dimensioning for the relevant facade components – glass, profiles, fixings
Advanced planning for the building physics and acoustics
The specified security and fire safety requirements are taken into consideration
Planning and integration of control and operating components
Updating costs and the construction schedule
Agreed plan for the materials
Glass specifications

Technical/Construction Design

Specification/Tender Documentation

For tendering and awarding contracts Priedemann defines and specifies the planned facades and details as well as the connections to adjacent components.

Summary of technical requirements as well as client and user specifications for construction and materials as “Technical Preliminary Remarks”.

Compilation of the design and additional technical criteria in coordination with the planning team
Drafting of the service description
Individual quantities and components are recorded
Differentiation of the various trades when awarding contracts to different contractors, clear definition of the interfaces
Collation of all documents in a single set of documentation

Specification/Tender Documentation

Charité Bettenhochhaus, Berlin

We provided

Consultancy

Project Objectives and Brief

Architectural Competitions

Refurbishment

Detailed/Developed Design

Technical/Construction Design

Specification/Tender Documentation