Shade, trees, rainwater and seating for hot city centres. Plus vehicle access protection, tested in a DEKRA crash test. One modular system, many solutions.
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To red-and-white barriers in front of churches. To fences in front of every Christmas market. To squares that look like building sites.
Yet exactly there, a tree could stand. A bench. Shade on a hot day.
Security you don't have to see.
You experience it.
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TODAY · PHOTOToday: concrete barriers, fences and tape in front of the Memorial Church. Safe, but nobody likes to linger.
Instead of concrete blocks and bollards, a module of hot-dip galvanised steel protects while cooling, greening and inviting people to stay. Set up without foundations, removable without trace.
Trees and plants bind CO₂, give shade and cool through evaporation. Rain stays in the substrate instead of the sewer.
Green even on sealed squares and above utilities, without a tree pit.
Sit, breathe, linger. With light in the evening.
Solar, charging, information: prepared as a platform.
Vehicle access protection, tested in a DEKRA crash test to IWA 14-1:2013.
All variants build on the tested Cube and its cable connection. The fit-outs are concepts in development. Each comes with a detailed concept PDF with drawings and explanations. We are happy to send it to you.
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VISUALISATIONVehicle access protection that opens for fire brigade, rescue and deliveries.
Request concept →All images in this section are visualisations. Concept status October 2026.
A tested protective row of 1.20 m Cubes secures the access. Behind it stand larger tree Cubes for shade, cooling and CO₂ binding. A barrier becomes a whole square.
All sizes in the same construction and look, freely combinable with bench, light, water and solar.
Footprints shown to scale.
| Concrete block | Bollard | Berlin-Cube | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle access protection | depends on product | depends on product | tested to IWA 14-1 |
| Urban greenery | — | — | 1.44 m² per module |
| Rainwater | — | — | stays in the substrate |
| Shade and cooling | — | — | with tree or sail |
| Seating | — | — | yes |
| Light in the evening | — | partly | LED edges as standard |
| No foundations | yes | mostly no | yes |
| Effect on the streetscape | exclusion zone | barrier | a place to stay |
Tested are the Cube and the cable connection. Next generation: crash test to ISO 22343-1 planned.
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DEMONSTRATION · PHOTOThe same tested Cube – combinable with greenery, seating, information and mobile release for emergency access routes.
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IN DEVELOPMENT · VISUALISATIONTrees, perennials and benches between the Cubes – shade and quality of stay.
IN DEVELOPMENT · VISUALISATIONCube with digital city information and integrated waste bin.
IN DEVELOPMENT · VISUALISATIONOne Cube can be moved aside, opening the access for fire brigade and ambulance services.
Variants in development. DEKRA-tested are the Cube and the cable connection.
You tell us your square and what it should do.
We check the site and show which funding fits.
Layout, variants, planting and light for your square.
Delivery time around 2 to 3 months depending on quantity. Set-up without foundations.
Climate adaptation, sponge city, urban greenery and quality of stay: there are funding routes for these. Our funding guide for municipalities shows which one fits your square.
Berlin-Cube is a modular urban infrastructure system: a DEKRA-tested vehicle security barrier combined with urban greenery, seating modules, integrated lighting and smart city functions. The design is protected by European patent EP 3 486 374.
Yes. DEKRA crash test to IWA 14-1:2013 · test vehicle 7,114 kg · 63.9 km/h · DEKRA test report no. 201844624 · European patent EP 3 486 374. The safe zone begins 7.95 metres behind the module.
From June to September 2026, the first complete installation stood on Berlin's Kantstraße, between the Waldorf Astoria and Upper West — planted, lit, walkable. Set up without foundations, removed without trace. A temporary demonstration also stood at an outlet centre in Wustermark, Brandenburg.
No. The modules stand on the existing surface — without foundations and without structural intervention. The complete Kantstraße installation was set up in around ten hours.
Get in touch: via the contact form you can request the funding guide and arrange a conversation about your location.
„Das ist besser, als alles zu verbarrikadieren.“ (“This is better than barricading everything.”)
rbb24 Abendschau · radio3 · Tagesspiegel · Berliner Morgenpost · Entwicklungsstadt Berlin
Martin Fichtelmann developed the Cube and protected it as European Patent EP 3 486 374. As a landscape gardener, he knows what plants need on a city square, and he builds the Cube in Wustermark near Berlin.
One point of contact from the first idea to ongoing care.
We show you how it can look. And how it can be financed.
Tell us briefly where and what. You receive the requested documents by email and a first assessment from us with the suitable funding route.
info@berlin-cube.de+49 176 13600041Berliner Allee 37–39, 14641 Wustermark, Germany