Shopify Berlin-Mitte by MVRDV Photos, New German Architecture News
Shopify Berlin-Mitte by MVRDV News
13 July 2022
MVRDV realises the promise of the post-pandemic office with interior transformation for Shopify Berlin
Design: MVRDV
Location: Köpenicker Strasse in the Berlin-Mitte, Germany

Photos © Daria Scagliola
Shopify Berlin-Mitte
July 13th 2022 РMVRDV has completed the interior redesign of Shopify Berlin, located on K̦penicker Strasse in the Berlin-Mitte district. Designed as a contrast to the home office with a focus on highly intentional collaboration as a collective experience, the 1,000-square-metre interior project provides the dynamic Canadian-founded commerce company an ideal design for its re-think of the purpose of its physical workspaces.
Acknowledging that focused individual work is best completed remotely, MVRDV’s redesign maximises the building?s potential as a base for working collaboratively.
In early 2020, the planned renovation of Shopify?s office building in Berlin-Mitte was already well underway. Then came the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, and with it a sudden switch to working from home that caused the company to dramatically rethink what it needed from its office building. Acknowledging that focused individual work is best completed remotely, Shopify brought MVRDV on board for a redesign that maximises the building?s potential as a base for working collaboratively with others, brainstorming new ideas, and engaging in the compa...