Cast your eye over these new shots of fashion centre Labels Berlin 2 taken by Iwan Baan.

Designed by HHF Architects, the retail showroom complex opened in the Spring, and houses a series of showrooms for international fashion brands as well as public spaces such as an event hall, a restaurant and a lounge at the top floor.

The interior spaces of this historic building are strongly characterised by the repetition of arched windows used in the façade - a motif which became one of the starting points for the overall design of the project.

The use of two differently cut sine curves generates a specific aesthetic for both the supporting structure and in a modified form with the sine waves for the façade.

The result is that the structure and rhythm establish the formative motif for the perception of the new building and link it to the existing neighbourhood as well as adjacent warehouse building; Labels 1.

Connected by a heat exchanging device, the whole concrete structure of the building is permeated with water tubes and used as a radiator for heating as well as for cooling.

The energy consumption for heating and cooling of Labels 2 Berlin is reduced by 40% due to this combined technique of activating the building mass and using water from the Spree River.

Photography Iwan Baan.