ARCHITECTS Marko Basarovski, Aleksandar Spasojević

TASK  To create second Supermarket Concept Store located in inspiring Bikini Berlin

PROJECT SCOPE Interior design for concept store, restaurant, open office, gallery

LOCATION Bikini Berlin, Berlin

AREA 1000m2

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Belgrade Supermarket took place in Bikini Berlin, the first concept shopping mall worldwide. Bikini Berlin is one of the few still preserved contemporary witnesses of Berlin’s turbulent history during the post-war period of the 1950s. The “Zentrum am Zoo” ensemble, which was completed in 1957 by architects Paul Schwebes and Hans Schoszberger, is a symbol of Berlin City-West’s cityscape.

The listed group of buildings includes the Bikinihaus opposite the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, the Große Hochhaus (large high-rise building) on Hardenbergplatz, the Kino Zoo Palast cinema, the smaller high-rise known as the “Kleines Hochhaus” with the 25hours hotel and a car park. The basic concept of Bikini BErlin is a unique combination of shopping, working, cinema, recreation, urban oasis and hotel.

The name Bikini Berlin comes from the name Bikinihaus, which is how local Berliners affectionately christened the building in the 1950s. An open-sided storey framed by columns on the second floor once separated the building into one upper and one lower area. For the Berlin locals, the two-tier architecture, which today is fully glazed, reminded them of the daring new swimwear fashion of that time, the bikini.

Creative concept for Bikini Berlin Supermarket Concept Store is also inspired by raw and industrial esthetics, visible installations, but this time we aded more wood and color. 

Dominant element of the interiror is plumbing pipes, that are covered with hand knitted cover in a different color, produced by a local designers.