#Housing estate #Leipzig #1930
Description
The railroad cooperative Leipzig acquired building land in this area in 1929 in order to create apartments for employees of the railway company Reichsbahn. 426 apartments were built in a relatively long period of 10 years. The rest of the facility extends along Probstheidaer Str. to Burgstädter Str. and includes Kohrener Str. and Narsdorfer Str. Only two blocks in Kohrener Str are relevant for our site. They were designed in 1930/31 by architect Otto Martin Rothmann. They seem interesting that the attempt to develop a modern design was made with very little resources. The two blocks have two four-story end buildings on Probstheider Str. Between the two three-storey blocks runs Kohrener Str., from which is accessible only house no. 18. The balconies and front doors of the houses are located on the two rear sides. The two corner buildings are flanked with round bay windows to those rear sides. These round bay windows are also along Kohrener Str. They rhythmize the facade, which itself is also curved. Kohrener Str. was created for this housing estate. Due to the global economic crisis, all other houses were built from 1934 to 1940. They differ from the two blocks in Kohrener Str. optically. They were designed with Gambrel roofs instead of flat roofs and were more ornate and staggered. The best way to see the difference between those two architectural styles can be seen on houses 11 and 13 in Kohrener Str. No. 13 was built until 1931, No. 11 was created under the conditions from 1933 to build a more "German" house. Also in 1930 was build the little shop in Probstheidaer Str. 21.
It is Rothmann's first project in Leipzig with details of modernism in architecture.
Description
The railroad cooperative Leipzig acquired building land in this area in 1929 in order to create apartments for employees of the railway company Reichsbahn. 426 apartments were built in a relatively long period of 10 years. The rest of the facility extends along Probstheidaer Str. to Burgstädter Str. and includes Kohrener Str. and Narsdorfer Str. Only two blocks in Kohrener Str are relevant for our site. They were designed in 1930/31 by architect Otto Martin Rothmann. They seem interesting that the attempt to develop a modern design was made with very little resources. The two blocks have two four-story end buildings on Probstheider Str. Between the two three-storey blocks runs Kohrener Str., from which is accessible only house no. 18. The balconies and front doors of the houses are located on the two rear sides. The two corner buildings are flanked with round bay windows to those rear sides. These round bay windows are also along Kohrener Str. They rhythmize the facade, which itself is also curved. Kohrener Str. was created for this housing estate. Due to the global economic crisis, all other houses were built from 1934 to 1940. They differ from the two blocks in Kohrener Str. optically. They were designed with Gambrel roofs instead of flat roofs and were more ornate and staggered. The best way to see the difference between those two architectural styles can be seen on houses 11 and 13 in Kohrener Str. No. 13 was built until 1931, No. 11 was created under the conditions from 1933 to build a more "German" house. Also in 1930 was build the little shop in Probstheidaer Str. 21.
It is Rothmann's first project in Leipzig with details of modernism in architecture.
