#character: marcus müller.

[carriessotos]

tag dump! lune's version - 04.

[vm4vm0]

Paul Kalkbrenner - Schwer from Jovan Todorovic on Vimeo.

Our lives are being dominated by algorithms, and AI-generated images become more and more indistinguishable from reality. Our concept is rooted in a societal observation. We wanted to create an altered version of reality – an obvious digitally mirrored everyday life that showcases the mundane and absurd patterns of our social behaviors.

“Schwer” builds as an ongoing loop of scenes we all know from our daily lives. Each appears completely normal at first, but every time we revisit a scene the content slightly alters, building an arc from normal life to complete absurdity. The camera moves through these scenes, making the viewers wonder if what they see is real or not. All empty backgrounds of the video are shot throughout Berlin to which the characters are added.

Music by Paul Kalkbrenner

Artist MGMT: The Principals Manager: Marcus Ruschmeyer Digital: Gina Donohoe

Agency: Mother Berlin Creative Partner & CCO: Alexander Nowak Managing Director: Amelie Schad Creative Director: Stefan Wittemann Account Director: Kurt Mattich Production Director: Felix Eichhorn

Production: BWGTBLD GmbH Director: Jovan Todorovic VFX/CGI: Slavko Gavric @ MOSE MGMT DoP: Lazar Bogdanovic Editor: Mimma Petrovic Color: Mikey Rossiter @ Rare Medium Sound Design: Nemanja Mosurovic 1st AD: Linus Weber

EP/Managing Partner: Jakob Preischl Producer: Greta Müller & Nicolas Mirbach Production Assistant: Chiara Walde

Volumetric 4D Shoot: Sven Bliedung von der Heide, Torsten Schimmer, Sascha Schwarz, Mitch Bozzo, Elizabete Vindule-Mince & Philipp Hundertpfund @ Volucap GmbH 4D People Archive: @ AXYZ Design Artwork at U-Bahnhof Magdalenenstrasse: Wolfgang Frankenstein & Hartmut Hornung © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Serbia

Service Production: Emote films Producer: Marija Markovic PM: Mirjana Starcevic PA: Maja Shaw Camera Operator: Dzejlan Ibrahimovic Key Grip: Marko Deljanin Camera Assistant: Stefan Matic DIT: Marija Sarac Security: Kan Film

Copyright 2023.

[blueiscoool]

More Than 18,000 Pot Sherds Document Life in Ancient Egypt

Finds from ancient Athribis detail trade, teaching materials and even school punishments.

Egyptologists have recovered more than 18,000 inscribed sherds in ancient Athribis - the remains of vessels and jars that served as writing material some 2,000 years ago. The sherds, known as ostraca, document lists of names, purchases of food and everyday objects, and even writing from a school, including lines written by pupils as a punishment. It is very rare to find such a large volume of ostraca. They were recovered during excavations led by Professor Christian Leitz of the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IANES) at the University of Tübingen in cooperation with Mohamed Abdelbadia and his team from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

In ancient times, ostraca were used in large quantities as writing material, inscribed with ink and a reed or hollow stick (calamus). Such a large quantity of finds has only been made once before in Egypt, in the workers' settlement of Deir el-Medineh, near the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. The ostraca now recovered provide a variety of insights into the everyday life of the ancient settlement of Athribis, nearly 200 kilometers north of Luxor.

Around 80 percent of the pot sherds are inscribed in Demotic, the common administrative script in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, which developed from Hieratic after 600 BC. Among the second most common finds are ostraca with Greek script, but the team also came across inscriptions in Hieratic, hieroglyphic and - more rarely - Coptic and Arabic script.

They also discovered pictorial ostraca - a special category, says Christian Leitz. "These sherds show various figurative representations, including animals such as scorpions and swallows, humans, gods from the nearby temple, even geometric figures."

The contents of the ostraca vary from lists of various names to accounts of different foods and items of daily use. A surprisingly large number of sherds could be assigned to an ancient school, the research team said. "There are lists of months, numbers, arithmetic problems, grammar exercises and a ‘bird alphabet’ - each letter was assigned a bird whose name began with that letter." A three-digit number of ostraca also contain writing exercises that the team classifies as punishment: The sherds are inscribed with the same one or two characters each time, both on the front and back.

Tübingen Egyptologists have been working in Athribis since 2003, and since 2005 as part of a 15-year research project funded by the German Research Foundation. The aim was to uncover and publish a large temple built by Ptolemy XII, the father of the famous Cleopatra VII. This project has now been completed and the temple is open to visitors. The sanctuary was built about 2000 years ago for the lion goddess Repit and her consort Min, and was converted into a nunnery after pagan cults were banned in 380 AD. Since spring 2018, excavations have been under way west of the temple at another sanctuary, and the team have come across the numerous ostraca in the rubble. The excavations are ongoing.

Excavation director Marcus Müller faces increasingly challenging tasks on site as the depth increases. In the west of the excavation area, multi-story buildings with staircases and vaults are now coming to light; the rest of the area has filled in with rubble over the centuries. The analysis of the ostraca by an international team, mostly from France and Germany, is coordinated by Sandra Lippert, head of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in Paris. The pictographic ostraca are being investigated by Carolina Teotino at the University of Tübingen. The excavations are financially supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the Brunner Foundation and the Humanism Foundation.

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[architectnews]

Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights

Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.

Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.

Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium

The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.

Here, the studio chose to use a saturated, deep red for the velvet-clad seating, the counter, and a mobile snack bar. It complemented the red hue with an aubergine colour that climbs halfway up the walls.

A refreshment counter is wrapped in red metal

"The walls here are bicoloured: the bottom two metres are painted deep aubergine and above in pale grey," Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen.

"We further chose metal zigzag cladding for the main counter – representing a classical pattern with a modern material. For the countertop, we chose brass as a warm and classy material."

A painting in the foyer informed the colour choices

A painting that hangs in the foyer of the 435-square-metre cinema informed the colour choice for the entrance area.

In Blauer Stern's main auditorium, the same saturated colour palette has been kept and the painting has been adapted to decorate the cinema walls.

"In the main auditorium, we covered the walls in a colourfully-printed fabric whose pattern we based on an artwork called 'Lange Reise' – 'Long Journey' by artist Mechtild van Ahlers, which hangs in the foyer," Batek explained.

"Scaled up to wall size in the auditorium, the red tones of floral and cloud-like forms float across a deep blue background. The curtain, ceiling and corridor are saturated in powerful red tones, typical for cinemas."

Neon lights curve around arched entrances

The second, smaller auditorium was in good condition, so the cinema's owner, Yorck Cinema, decided to leave it as it was.

Throughout the cinema, neon lights function as both a light source and as abstract art installations.

The studio designed these to reference the plaster ceiling in the foyer – the only original feature left in the building – and had them made by a local lighting firm.

The pattern of the foyer ceiling mouldings is picked up by the neon lights

"The lighting was inspired by the historical mouldings of the foyer ceiling whose graphic lozenge pattern has been partially traced with suspended LED light tracks," Batek said.

"The diagonal pattern of the light tracks continues along the corridor leading to the two auditoriums. And of course, it references the neon sign 'Blauer Stern' hanging outside."

Blue neon references the cinema's neon sign

Inside the main auditorium, neon light tubes were also used to trace the arched openings between the hallway and the auditorium itself.

The studio hopes it has given the cinema a modern update, while also respecting its past.

"When we are asked to refurbish spaces, we pay great attention to the existing space and its character," Batek said.

Among Batek Architekten's other Berlin projects are a duplex townhouse made from stacked volumes and a beauty store with concrete and steel accents.

Photography is by Marcus Wend.

Project credits:

Team: Anke Müller, Julia Jensen, Patrick Batek Lighting concept: Batek Architekten

The post Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights appeared first on Dezeen.

[foxcroftrpg]

It is time! Nominating is over and it’s time to start voting. Under the cut you’ll find the ballot. Using the format, submit your votes to the teachers blog. If you have multiple accounts submit twice but dictate which character each ballot is for. 

As you will see, only positions that received nominations are included and by each one you’ll see who was nominated and an option to write in someone else. Simply put the name of the person your character is voting for. Example “Baseball - President (Derek Cox or Other): Derek Cox” If you don’t want to vote for the person nominated but also don’t have someone else in mind, you can abstain and leave that one blank or don’t include it.

If you have any questions let us know. Voting will be open until tomorrow when we will tally up the votes and announce winners at the party. Happy voting!

Art Club President (Marcus Bailey or Other):

Debate Team President (Naomi Coors or Other):

Drama Club President (Naomi Coors or Other):

Foreign Language Club President (Avery Astaire or Other): Glee Club President (Naomi Coors or Other): Mathletes Captain (Charlotte McCartney, Naomi Coors, or Other): Science Club President (Charlotte McCartney, Daphne Müller, or Other): Student Council President (Karma Thickett, Dean Kaysen, or Other): Treasurer (Jenna Cook or Other): Junior Rep (Noah Stalewski, Daphne Müller, or Other): Sophomore Rep (Naomi Coors, Jolene Tayson, or Other):

Baseball Captain (Derek Cox or Other):

Figure Skating Co-Captain (Naomi Coors or Other): Football Captain (Derek Cox, Thomas Knight, or Other): Soccer (Girls) Captain (Layla Mars or Other): Tennis Captain (Daphne Müller or Other): Track Team Co-Captain (Noah Stalewski or Other): Vixen Squad Captain (Maddie Chase, Karma Thickett, or Other): Co-Captain (Noah Stalewski, Naomi Coors, or Other):

[ao3feedmarcoreus]

The Omega

by Blue_Night

Robertus Levantus and his second, friend and lover Marcus Retus spend the summer in one of Emperor Tiberius' villas. The two Alphas want to enjoy some quality time there when they witness the housekeeper wanting to punish one of the male slaves for attacking a rich merchant. To his surprise, Thomas is not only different from any other slave he has ever met, but also one of the very few Omegas who live in the Roman Empire...

Words: 3247, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 12 of The Adventures of the Roman Legatus Marcus Retus

Fandoms: Football RPF, Real Person Fiction, Original Work, Rome

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller, Marco Reus, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s)

Relationships: Robert Lewandowski/Thomas Müller/Marco Reus

Additional Tags: Ancient Rome, Alternate Universe - Historical, Historical Inaccuracy, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mating Bites, Developing Relationship, Established Relationship, Hate to Love, Canon-Typical Violence, Slavery, Explicit Sexual Content, Hurt/Comfort, Mistrust, Anal Sex, Knotting, Alpha!Robertus, Alpha!Marcus, Omega!Thomas

from AO3 works tagged 'Marco Reus' http://ift.tt/2ilCBMv via IFTTT

[ao3feed-football]

The Omega

read it on AO3 at http://ift.tt/2ilCBMv

by Blue_Night

Robertus Levantus and his second, friend and lover Marcus Retus spend the summer in one of Emperor Tiberius' villas. The two Alphas want to enjoy some quality time there when they witness the housekeeper wanting to punish one of the male slaves for attacking a rich merchant. To his surprise, Thomas is not only different from any other slave he has ever met, but also one of the very few Omegas who live in the Roman Empire...

Words: 3247, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 12 of The Adventures of the Roman Legatus Marcus Retus

Fandoms: Football RPF, Real Person Fiction, Original Work, Rome

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller, Marco Reus, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s)

Relationships: Robert Lewandowski/Thomas Müller/Marco Reus

Additional Tags: Ancient Rome, Alternate Universe - Historical, Historical Inaccuracy, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mating Bites, Developing Relationship, Established Relationship, Hate to Love, Canon-Typical Violence, Slavery, Explicit Sexual Content, Hurt/Comfort, Mistrust, Anal Sex, Knotting, Alpha!Robertus, Alpha!Marcus, Omega!Thomas

read it on AO3 at http://ift.tt/2ilCBMv

[architectnews]

Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights

Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.

Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.

Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium

The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.

Here, the studio chose to use a saturated, deep red for the velvet-clad seating, the counter, and a mobile snack bar. It complemented the red hue with an aubergine colour that climbs halfway up the walls.

A refreshment counter is wrapped in red metal

"The walls here are bicoloured: the bottom two metres are painted deep aubergine and above in pale grey," Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen.

"We further chose metal zigzag cladding for the main counter – representing a classical pattern with a modern material. For the countertop, we chose brass as a warm and classy material."

A painting in the foyer informed the colour choices

A painting that hangs in the foyer of the 435-square-metre cinema informed the colour choice for the entrance area.

In Blauer Stern's main auditorium, the same saturated colour palette has been kept and the painting has been adapted to decorate the cinema walls.

"In the main auditorium, we covered the walls in a colourfully-printed fabric whose pattern we based on an artwork called 'Lange Reise' – 'Long Journey' by artist Mechtild van Ahlers, which hangs in the foyer," Batek explained.

"Scaled up to wall size in the auditorium, the red tones of floral and cloud-like forms float across a deep blue background. The curtain, ceiling and corridor are saturated in powerful red tones, typical for cinemas."

Neon lights curve around arched entrances

The second, smaller auditorium was in good condition, so the cinema's owner, Yorck Cinema, decided to leave it as it was.

Throughout the cinema, neon lights function as both a light source and as abstract art installations.

The studio designed these to reference the plaster ceiling in the foyer – the only original feature left in the building – and had them made by a local lighting firm.

The pattern of the foyer ceiling mouldings is picked up by the neon lights

"The lighting was inspired by the historical mouldings of the foyer ceiling whose graphic lozenge pattern has been partially traced with suspended LED light tracks," Batek said.

"The diagonal pattern of the light tracks continues along the corridor leading to the two auditoriums. And of course, it references the neon sign 'Blauer Stern' hanging outside."

Blue neon references the cinema's neon sign

Inside the main auditorium, neon light tubes were also used to trace the arched openings between the hallway and the auditorium itself.

The studio hopes it has given the cinema a modern update, while also respecting its past.

"When we are asked to refurbish spaces, we pay great attention to the existing space and its character," Batek said.

Among Batek Architekten's other Berlin projects are a duplex townhouse made from stacked volumes and a beauty store with concrete and steel accents.

Photography is by Marcus Wend.

Project credits:

Team: Anke Müller, Julia Jensen, Patrick Batek Lighting concept: Batek Architekten

The post Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights appeared first on Dezeen.

[architectnews]

Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights

Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.

Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.

Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium

The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.

Here, the studio chose to use a saturated, deep red for the velvet-clad seating, the counter, and a mobile snack bar. It complemented the red hue with an aubergine colour that climbs halfway up the walls.

A refreshment counter is wrapped in red metal

"The walls here are bicoloured: the bottom two metres are painted deep aubergine and above in pale grey," Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen.

"We further chose metal zigzag cladding for the main counter – representing a classical pattern with a modern material. For the countertop, we chose brass as a warm and classy material."

A painting in the foyer informed the colour choices

A painting that hangs in the foyer of the 435-square-metre cinema informed the colour choice for the entrance area.

In Blauer Stern's main auditorium, the same saturated colour palette has been kept and the painting has been adapted to decorate the cinema walls.

"In the main auditorium, we covered the walls in a colourfully-printed fabric whose pattern we based on an artwork called 'Lange Reise' – 'Long Journey' by artist Mechtild van Ahlers, which hangs in the foyer," Batek explained.

"Scaled up to wall size in the auditorium, the red tones of floral and cloud-like forms float across a deep blue background. The curtain, ceiling and corridor are saturated in powerful red tones, typical for cinemas."

Neon lights curve around arched entrances

The second, smaller auditorium was in good condition, so the cinema's owner, Yorck Cinema, decided to leave it as it was.

Throughout the cinema, neon lights function as both a light source and as abstract art installations.

The studio designed these to reference the plaster ceiling in the foyer – the only original feature left in the building – and had them made by a local lighting firm.

The pattern of the foyer ceiling mouldings is picked up by the neon lights

"The lighting was inspired by the historical mouldings of the foyer ceiling whose graphic lozenge pattern has been partially traced with suspended LED light tracks," Batek said.

"The diagonal pattern of the light tracks continues along the corridor leading to the two auditoriums. And of course, it references the neon sign 'Blauer Stern' hanging outside."

Blue neon references the cinema's neon sign

Inside the main auditorium, neon light tubes were also used to trace the arched openings between the hallway and the auditorium itself.

The studio hopes it has given the cinema a modern update, while also respecting its past.

"When we are asked to refurbish spaces, we pay great attention to the existing space and its character," Batek said.

Among Batek Architekten's other Berlin projects are a duplex townhouse made from stacked volumes and a beauty store with concrete and steel accents.

Photography is by Marcus Wend.

Project credits:

Team: Anke Müller, Julia Jensen, Patrick Batek Lighting concept: Batek Architekten

The post Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights appeared first on Dezeen.

[architectnews]

Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights

Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.

Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.

Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium

The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.

Here, the studio chose to use a saturated, deep red for the velvet-clad seating, the counter, and a mobile snack bar. It complemented the red hue with an aubergine colour that climbs halfway up the walls.

A refreshment counter is wrapped in red metal

"The walls here are bicoloured: the bottom two metres are painted deep aubergine and above in pale grey," Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen.

"We further chose metal zigzag cladding for the main counter – representing a classical pattern with a modern material. For the countertop, we chose brass as a warm and classy material."

A painting in the foyer informed the colour choices

A painting that hangs in the foyer of the 435-square-metre cinema informed the colour choice for the entrance area.

In Blauer Stern's main auditorium, the same saturated colour palette has been kept and the painting has been adapted to decorate the cinema walls.

"In the main auditorium, we covered the walls in a colourfully-printed fabric whose pattern we based on an artwork called 'Lange Reise' – 'Long Journey' by artist Mechtild van Ahlers, which hangs in the foyer," Batek explained.

"Scaled up to wall size in the auditorium, the red tones of floral and cloud-like forms float across a deep blue background. The curtain, ceiling and corridor are saturated in powerful red tones, typical for cinemas."

Neon lights curve around arched entrances

The second, smaller auditorium was in good condition, so the cinema's owner, Yorck Cinema, decided to leave it as it was.

Throughout the cinema, neon lights function as both a light source and as abstract art installations.

The studio designed these to reference the plaster ceiling in the foyer – the only original feature left in the building – and had them made by a local lighting firm.

The pattern of the foyer ceiling mouldings is picked up by the neon lights

"The lighting was inspired by the historical mouldings of the foyer ceiling whose graphic lozenge pattern has been partially traced with suspended LED light tracks," Batek said.

"The diagonal pattern of the light tracks continues along the corridor leading to the two auditoriums. And of course, it references the neon sign 'Blauer Stern' hanging outside."

Blue neon references the cinema's neon sign

Inside the main auditorium, neon light tubes were also used to trace the arched openings between the hallway and the auditorium itself.

The studio hopes it has given the cinema a modern update, while also respecting its past.

"When we are asked to refurbish spaces, we pay great attention to the existing space and its character," Batek said.

Among Batek Architekten's other Berlin projects are a duplex townhouse made from stacked volumes and a beauty store with concrete and steel accents.

Photography is by Marcus Wend.

Project credits:

Team: Anke Müller, Julia Jensen, Patrick Batek Lighting concept: Batek Architekten

The post Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights appeared first on Dezeen.

[architectnews]

Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights

Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.

Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.

Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium

The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.

Here, the studio chose to use a saturated, deep red for the velvet-clad seating, the counter, and a mobile snack bar. It complemented the red hue with an aubergine colour that climbs halfway up the walls.

A refreshment counter is wrapped in red metal

"The walls here are bicoloured: the bottom two metres are painted deep aubergine and above in pale grey," Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen.

"We further chose metal zigzag cladding for the main counter – representing a classical pattern with a modern material. For the countertop, we chose brass as a warm and classy material."

A painting in the foyer informed the colour choices

A painting that hangs in the foyer of the 435-square-metre cinema informed the colour choice for the entrance area.

In Blauer Stern's main auditorium, the same saturated colour palette has been kept and the painting has been adapted to decorate the cinema walls.

"In the main auditorium, we covered the walls in a colourfully-printed fabric whose pattern we based on an artwork called 'Lange Reise' – 'Long Journey' by artist Mechtild van Ahlers, which hangs in the foyer," Batek explained.

"Scaled up to wall size in the auditorium, the red tones of floral and cloud-like forms float across a deep blue background. The curtain, ceiling and corridor are saturated in powerful red tones, typical for cinemas."

Neon lights curve around arched entrances

The second, smaller auditorium was in good condition, so the cinema's owner, Yorck Cinema, decided to leave it as it was.

Throughout the cinema, neon lights function as both a light source and as abstract art installations.

The studio designed these to reference the plaster ceiling in the foyer – the only original feature left in the building – and had them made by a local lighting firm.

The pattern of the foyer ceiling mouldings is picked up by the neon lights

"The lighting was inspired by the historical mouldings of the foyer ceiling whose graphic lozenge pattern has been partially traced with suspended LED light tracks," Batek said.

"The diagonal pattern of the light tracks continues along the corridor leading to the two auditoriums. And of course, it references the neon sign 'Blauer Stern' hanging outside."

Blue neon references the cinema's neon sign

Inside the main auditorium, neon light tubes were also used to trace the arched openings between the hallway and the auditorium itself.

The studio hopes it has given the cinema a modern update, while also respecting its past.

"When we are asked to refurbish spaces, we pay great attention to the existing space and its character," Batek said.

Among Batek Architekten's other Berlin projects are a duplex townhouse made from stacked volumes and a beauty store with concrete and steel accents.

Photography is by Marcus Wend.

Project credits:

Team: Anke Müller, Julia Jensen, Patrick Batek Lighting concept: Batek Architekten

The post Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights appeared first on Dezeen.

[architectnews]

Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights

Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.

Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.

Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium

The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.

Here, the studio chose to use a saturated, deep red for the velvet-clad seating, the counter, and a mobile snack bar. It complemented the red hue with an aubergine colour that climbs halfway up the walls.

A refreshment counter is wrapped in red metal

"The walls here are bicoloured: the bottom two metres are painted deep aubergine and above in pale grey," Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen.

"We further chose metal zigzag cladding for the main counter – representing a classical pattern with a modern material. For the countertop, we chose brass as a warm and classy material."

A painting in the foyer informed the colour choices

A painting that hangs in the foyer of the 435-square-metre cinema informed the colour choice for the entrance area.

In Blauer Stern's main auditorium, the same saturated colour palette has been kept and the painting has been adapted to decorate the cinema walls.

"In the main auditorium, we covered the walls in a colourfully-printed fabric whose pattern we based on an artwork called 'Lange Reise' – 'Long Journey' by artist Mechtild van Ahlers, which hangs in the foyer," Batek explained.

"Scaled up to wall size in the auditorium, the red tones of floral and cloud-like forms float across a deep blue background. The curtain, ceiling and corridor are saturated in powerful red tones, typical for cinemas."

Neon lights curve around arched entrances

The second, smaller auditorium was in good condition, so the cinema's owner, Yorck Cinema, decided to leave it as it was.

Throughout the cinema, neon lights function as both a light source and as abstract art installations.

The studio designed these to reference the plaster ceiling in the foyer – the only original feature left in the building – and had them made by a local lighting firm.

The pattern of the foyer ceiling mouldings is picked up by the neon lights

"The lighting was inspired by the historical mouldings of the foyer ceiling whose graphic lozenge pattern has been partially traced with suspended LED light tracks," Batek said.

"The diagonal pattern of the light tracks continues along the corridor leading to the two auditoriums. And of course, it references the neon sign 'Blauer Stern' hanging outside."

Blue neon references the cinema's neon sign

Inside the main auditorium, neon light tubes were also used to trace the arched openings between the hallway and the auditorium itself.

The studio hopes it has given the cinema a modern update, while also respecting its past.

"When we are asked to refurbish spaces, we pay great attention to the existing space and its character," Batek said.

Among Batek Architekten's other Berlin projects are a duplex townhouse made from stacked volumes and a beauty store with concrete and steel accents.

Photography is by Marcus Wend.

Project credits:

Team: Anke Müller, Julia Jensen, Patrick Batek Lighting concept: Batek Architekten

The post Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights appeared first on Dezeen.

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Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights

Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.

Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.

Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium

The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.

Here, the studio chose to use a saturated, deep red for the velvet-clad seating, the counter, and a mobile snack bar. It complemented the red hue with an aubergine colour that climbs halfway up the walls.

A refreshment counter is wrapped in red metal

"The walls here are bicoloured: the bottom two metres are painted deep aubergine and above in pale grey," Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen.

"We further chose metal zigzag cladding for the main counter – representing a classical pattern with a modern material. For the countertop, we chose brass as a warm and classy material."

A painting in the foyer informed the colour choices

A painting that hangs in the foyer of the 435-square-metre cinema informed the colour choice for the entrance area.

In Blauer Stern's main auditorium, the same saturated colour palette has been kept and the painting has been adapted to decorate the cinema walls.

"In the main auditorium, we covered the walls in a colourfully-printed fabric whose pattern we based on an artwork called 'Lange Reise' – 'Long Journey' by artist Mechtild van Ahlers, which hangs in the foyer," Batek explained.

"Scaled up to wall size in the auditorium, the red tones of floral and cloud-like forms float across a deep blue background. The curtain, ceiling and corridor are saturated in powerful red tones, typical for cinemas."

Neon lights curve around arched entrances

The second, smaller auditorium was in good condition, so the cinema's owner, Yorck Cinema, decided to leave it as it was.

Throughout the cinema, neon lights function as both a light source and as abstract art installations.

The studio designed these to reference the plaster ceiling in the foyer – the only original feature left in the building – and had them made by a local lighting firm.

The pattern of the foyer ceiling mouldings is picked up by the neon lights

"The lighting was inspired by the historical mouldings of the foyer ceiling whose graphic lozenge pattern has been partially traced with suspended LED light tracks," Batek said.

"The diagonal pattern of the light tracks continues along the corridor leading to the two auditoriums. And of course, it references the neon sign 'Blauer Stern' hanging outside."

Blue neon references the cinema's neon sign

Inside the main auditorium, neon light tubes were also used to trace the arched openings between the hallway and the auditorium itself.

The studio hopes it has given the cinema a modern update, while also respecting its past.

"When we are asked to refurbish spaces, we pay great attention to the existing space and its character," Batek said.

Among Batek Architekten's other Berlin projects are a duplex townhouse made from stacked volumes and a beauty store with concrete and steel accents.

Photography is by Marcus Wend.

Project credits:

Team: Anke Müller, Julia Jensen, Patrick Batek Lighting concept: Batek Architekten

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[architectnews]

Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights

Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.

Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.

Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium

The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.

Here, the studio chose to use a saturated, deep red for the velvet-clad seating, the counter, and a mobile snack bar. It complemented the red hue with an aubergine colour that climbs halfway up the walls.

A refreshment counter is wrapped in red metal

"The walls here are bicoloured: the bottom two metres are painted deep aubergine and above in pale grey," Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen.

"We further chose metal zigzag cladding for the main counter – representing a classical pattern with a modern material. For the countertop, we chose brass as a warm and classy material."

A painting in the foyer informed the colour choices

A painting that hangs in the foyer of the 435-square-metre cinema informed the colour choice for the entrance area.

In Blauer Stern's main auditorium, the same saturated colour palette has been kept and the painting has been adapted to decorate the cinema walls.

"In the main auditorium, we covered the walls in a colourfully-printed fabric whose pattern we based on an artwork called 'Lange Reise' – 'Long Journey' by artist Mechtild van Ahlers, which hangs in the foyer," Batek explained.

"Scaled up to wall size in the auditorium, the red tones of floral and cloud-like forms float across a deep blue background. The curtain, ceiling and corridor are saturated in powerful red tones, typical for cinemas."

Neon lights curve around arched entrances

The second, smaller auditorium was in good condition, so the cinema's owner, Yorck Cinema, decided to leave it as it was.

Throughout the cinema, neon lights function as both a light source and as abstract art installations.

The studio designed these to reference the plaster ceiling in the foyer – the only original feature left in the building – and had them made by a local lighting firm.

The pattern of the foyer ceiling mouldings is picked up by the neon lights

"The lighting was inspired by the historical mouldings of the foyer ceiling whose graphic lozenge pattern has been partially traced with suspended LED light tracks," Batek said.

"The diagonal pattern of the light tracks continues along the corridor leading to the two auditoriums. And of course, it references the neon sign 'Blauer Stern' hanging outside."

Blue neon references the cinema's neon sign

Inside the main auditorium, neon light tubes were also used to trace the arched openings between the hallway and the auditorium itself.

The studio hopes it has given the cinema a modern update, while also respecting its past.

"When we are asked to refurbish spaces, we pay great attention to the existing space and its character," Batek said.

Among Batek Architekten's other Berlin projects are a duplex townhouse made from stacked volumes and a beauty store with concrete and steel accents.

Photography is by Marcus Wend.

Project credits:

Team: Anke Müller, Julia Jensen, Patrick Batek Lighting concept: Batek Architekten

The post Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights appeared first on Dezeen.

[architectnews]

Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights

Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.

Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.

Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium

The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.

Here, the studio chose to use a saturated, deep red for the velvet-clad seating, the counter, and a mobile snack bar. It complemented the red hue with an aubergine colour that climbs halfway up the walls.

A refreshment counter is wrapped in red metal

"The walls here are bicoloured: the bottom two metres are painted deep aubergine and above in pale grey," Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen.

"We further chose metal zigzag cladding for the main counter – representing a classical pattern with a modern material. For the countertop, we chose brass as a warm and classy material."

A painting in the foyer informed the colour choices

A painting that hangs in the foyer of the 435-square-metre cinema informed the colour choice for the entrance area.

In Blauer Stern's main auditorium, the same saturated colour palette has been kept and the painting has been adapted to decorate the cinema walls.

"In the main auditorium, we covered the walls in a colourfully-printed fabric whose pattern we based on an artwork called 'Lange Reise' – 'Long Journey' by artist Mechtild van Ahlers, which hangs in the foyer," Batek explained.

"Scaled up to wall size in the auditorium, the red tones of floral and cloud-like forms float across a deep blue background. The curtain, ceiling and corridor are saturated in powerful red tones, typical for cinemas."

Neon lights curve around arched entrances

The second, smaller auditorium was in good condition, so the cinema's owner, Yorck Cinema, decided to leave it as it was.

Throughout the cinema, neon lights function as both a light source and as abstract art installations.

The studio designed these to reference the plaster ceiling in the foyer – the only original feature left in the building – and had them made by a local lighting firm.

The pattern of the foyer ceiling mouldings is picked up by the neon lights

"The lighting was inspired by the historical mouldings of the foyer ceiling whose graphic lozenge pattern has been partially traced with suspended LED light tracks," Batek said.

"The diagonal pattern of the light tracks continues along the corridor leading to the two auditoriums. And of course, it references the neon sign 'Blauer Stern' hanging outside."

Blue neon references the cinema's neon sign

Inside the main auditorium, neon light tubes were also used to trace the arched openings between the hallway and the auditorium itself.

The studio hopes it has given the cinema a modern update, while also respecting its past.

"When we are asked to refurbish spaces, we pay great attention to the existing space and its character," Batek said.

Among Batek Architekten's other Berlin projects are a duplex townhouse made from stacked volumes and a beauty store with concrete and steel accents.

Photography is by Marcus Wend.

Project credits:

Team: Anke Müller, Julia Jensen, Patrick Batek Lighting concept: Batek Architekten

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