▁person , ▁although ▁they ▁lived ▁in ▁Kar ls ru he ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁The ▁influence ▁of ▁Alfred ▁Mess el ' s ▁works ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁building ' s ▁design . ▁ ▁Self - est ab lish ment ▁▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁until ▁ 1 9 0 8 , ▁Kauf mann ▁worked ▁on ▁small ▁projects ▁in ▁Se hr ing ' s ▁office , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁bed ▁and ▁breakfast ▁in ▁Berlin ▁that ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁destroyed ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁contact ed ▁to ▁coordinate ▁the ▁dé cor ▁for ▁a ▁bed room ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁W ert heim ▁company . ▁This ▁job ▁put ▁Kauf mann ▁into ▁contact ▁with ▁the ater ▁entrepr ene ur ▁and ▁director ▁Eugen ▁Robert . ▁Robert ▁commission ed ▁Kauf mann ▁to ▁help ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁the ater ▁he ▁was ▁planning , ▁as ▁Robert ▁had ▁been ▁deeply ▁im pressed ▁with ▁the ▁the ater ▁Kauf mann ▁had ▁built ▁in ▁B iele feld . ▁In ▁connection ▁with ▁this ▁and ▁other ▁works ▁Kauf mann ▁constructed ▁while ▁in ▁Se hr ing ' s ▁office , ▁Kauf mann ▁established ▁his ▁own ▁architecture ▁firm ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 , ▁on ▁L uit p old straße ▁in ▁the ▁Sch ö ne berg ▁section ▁of ▁Berlin . ▁The ▁firm ▁later ▁moved ▁to ▁Ans bach er straße ▁in ▁Charlot ten burg . ▁The ▁the ater ▁that ▁Robert ▁commission ed ▁Kauf mann ▁to ▁build , ▁the ▁Heb bel ▁Theater , ▁gained ▁Kauf mann ▁his ▁first