Built as a Flower Pavilion and centerpiece
of the National Horticulture Show (BUGA)
in Potsdam, Germany by Berlin-based Barkow and Leibinger,
this building has an intended lifespan of at least 20 years,
as a Biosphere and a major part the site's transformation into
a new residential district of nearly 20,000. Partners Frank Barkow
and Regine Leibinger looked at the history of the site as a conceptual
basis for the competition-winning design. While used by both
the Prussian and Nazi armies, it was the postwar creation of
earthen berms to enclose Russian barracks that provided the dramatic
direction of the project.
