High above Berlin’s Ku’damm, d-fine’s office combines panoramic views with a workplace designed for different ways of working. Located on the eighth floor of the glass high-rise at Kranzler Eck, the 650-square-metre space was conceived and realised by Berlin-based workspace design studio UP.GREAT.
The idea was to create a multispace office with a character of its own – one that reflects Berlin while providing room for concentration, communication, collaboration and retreat. Inspired by the structure and changing colours of a quartz crystal, the interior translates this concept into a distinctive interplay of geometry, transparency and colour.
Open workspaces flow into areas for spontaneous meetings, team sessions and focused work. Modular elements structure the triangular floor plan without compromising its openness, while glazed meeting rooms maintain visual connections throughout the space. At the heart of the office, a lounge and cafeteria create a more informal setting for conversation, breaks and encounters away from the desk.
Colour gives the workplace its unmistakable identity. Blue is joined by bold pink tones, while colour-changing surfaces interact with the daylight moving around the glazed building throughout the day. The result is an interior that continually reveals new perspectives and moods.
The lighting concept responds to these different spatial characters. In the open work areas, Matric SX and SY floor luminaires with integrated multisensors provide light directly where people work. Their clear, understated design blends naturally into the open architecture, while the integrated sensor technology supports responsive lighting within the workplace.
In the more intimate and secluded areas, the atmosphere shifts. Here, Beam Me Up S4 luminaires with golden reflectors introduce a warmer visual accent. Their soft presence complements the more relaxed character of these spaces and creates a deliberate contrast to the functional clarity of the open work areas.
Different spaces. Different ways of working. And light that changes with them.
The result is a workplace that combines flexibility and functionality with colour, atmosphere and places to retreat – an office with its own unmistakable Berlin character.
Thank you to everyone involved for the inspiring collaboration and shared vision
