REWE Green Farming, Berlin
Berlin
An aerial precedent for hybrid commercial architecture, integrating a large-span timber colonnade and an operational agricultural greenhouse roof over a retail supermarket.
- What we like about this project
- A functional greenhouse sits directly on top of a commercial supermarket, utilizing integrated roof solar panels.
Materials
- glulam-timber
- glass
- steel
- photovoltaic-panels
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- greenhouse-roof
- timber-colonnade
- retail-box
- sawtooth-glass
Style tags
- sustainable
- contemporary
- timber-tectonic
- hybrid
Visual tags
- hybrid-program
- timber-structure
- green-roof
- retail
- commercial
- sustainable
- Geometry
- Large low-rise rectangular retail box topped by a massive sawtooth greenhouse volume, fronted by a surface parking lot and tree canopy.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural timber colonnade with glazed infill and an upper agricultural greenhouse glass envelope.
- Structural guess
- Glulam post-and-beam timber frame supporting steel roof trusses and a lightweight glass greenhouse superstructure.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial footprint with a two-story equivalent height combining retail base and agricultural roof.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows across the parking bays and roof glass.
- Atmosphere
- Pragmatic, bright, and civic-scaled commercial landscape under an expansive sky.
- Environmental context
- Suburban perimeter edge featuring low-rise residential fabric, mature street trees, and an asphalt parking lot.
- Spatial experience
- The building dominates its suburban-fringe context through sheer scale, reading as a hybrid agricultural-commercial pavilion.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating glulam timber columns establish a steady structural colonnade along the storefront edge.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sustainable commercial architecture
- Program
- Supermarket with integrated rooftop greenhouse farming
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glulam-timber, glass, steel, photovoltaic-panels, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- greenhouse-roof, timber-colonnade, retail-box, sawtooth-glass
- Style tags
- sustainable, contemporary, timber-tectonic, hybrid
- Visual tags
- hybrid-program, timber-structure, green-roof, retail, commercial, sustainable
- Geometry
- Large low-rise rectangular retail box topped by a massive sawtooth greenhouse volume, fronted by a surface parking lot and tree canopy.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural timber colonnade with glazed infill and an upper agricultural greenhouse glass envelope.
- Structural guess
- Glulam post-and-beam timber frame supporting steel roof trusses and a lightweight glass greenhouse superstructure.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial footprint with a two-story equivalent height combining retail base and agricultural roof.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows across the parking bays and roof glass.
- Atmosphere
- Pragmatic, bright, and civic-scaled commercial landscape under an expansive sky.
- Environmental context
- Suburban perimeter edge featuring low-rise residential fabric, mature street trees, and an asphalt parking lot.
- Spatial experience
- The building dominates its suburban-fringe context through sheer scale, reading as a hybrid agricultural-commercial pavilion.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating glulam timber columns establish a steady structural colonnade along the storefront edge.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sustainable commercial architecture
- Program
- Supermarket with integrated rooftop greenhouse farming
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture