Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn) (1929)

Feed image of Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn)

#Villa #Berlin #1929

Architects

Hans Luckhardt, Wassili Luckhardt, Alfons Anker

Developers

Richard Kluge

Address and directions

Am Rupenhorn 24, 25
14055 Berlin, Germany

Public transport: Stößenseebrücke

Access: Public building, free entry during working hours

Today's use: museum and apartments

Berlin's chic villas

Description

The basic structure of both buildings is very similar. The ground floor houses the garage, the kitchen, the boiler rooms and storage rooms. The first floor is dominated by just one huge room that serves as a living room. The bedrooms and bathrooms are on the second floor. A roof terrace forms the end of the houses. Balconies were also attached to the individual floors of both houses. The houses are part of a natural environment. The district's forest was integrated, as was the garden design with wild plants.

House No 24, not being listed, does not have original interiors anymore.

Description

The basic structure of both buildings is very similar. The ground floor houses the garage, the kitchen, the boiler rooms and storage rooms. The first floor is dominated by just one huge room that serves as a living room. The bedrooms and bathrooms are on the second floor. A roof terrace forms the end of the houses. Balconies were also attached to the individual floors of both houses. The houses are part of a natural environment. The district's forest was integrated, as was the garden design with wild plants.

House No 24, not being listed, does not have original interiors anymore.

History

The houses were planned as three buildings and built as No 24 and No 25 from 1929 until 1930. The two realised houses are one of Berlin's most prominent houses of the early Modernism. The owner Kluge lived in the house No 25 only for half a year. He left to London and the house were reverted to the Commerzbank, establishing two apartments in the house. In 1939 the building was exproprieted by the Nazi state. They wanted to demolish the two houses. On the one hand they did not accept Modernism, on the other hand they wanted to built on this site a new military school as part of the Germania project.

After the war, the state did not invest any money so that the houses were in a disastrous condition until the 1970s. In 1975 house No 25 was listed and the substance could be saved by private individuals. After several lengthy renovations, House No 25 is open to the public. Furniture was deliberately purchased that dates back to the time the house was built and which were partly designed by the Luckhardt brothers, i.e. the house's architects.

History

The houses were planned as three buildings and built as No 24 and No 25 from 1929 until 1930. The two realised houses are one of Berlin's most prominent houses of the early Modernism. The owner Kluge lived in the house No 25 only for half a year. He left to London and the house were reverted to the Commerzbank, establishing two apartments in the house. In 1939 the building was exproprieted by the Nazi state. They wanted to demolish the two houses. On the one hand they did not accept Modernism, on the other hand they wanted to built on this site a new military school as part of the Germania project.

After the war, the state did not invest any money so that the houses were in a disastrous condition until the 1970s. In 1975 house No 25 was listed and the substance could be saved by private individuals. After several lengthy renovations, House No 25 is open to the public. Furniture was deliberately purchased that dates back to the time the house was built and which were partly designed by the Luckhardt brothers, i.e. the house's architects.

Sources

Construction types
steel skeleton concrete skeleton
Facades
plaster
Windows
casement ribbon sliding
Roof
flat
Details
balcony pergola railing terrace roof terrace canopy garage pillar
Position
along a street with/in a garden/park periphere/neighbourhood
Storeys
4

Impressions

Gallery image of Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn) Gallery image of Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn) Gallery image of Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn) Gallery image of Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn) Gallery image of Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn) Gallery image of Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn) Gallery image of Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn) Gallery image of Settlement Am Rupenhorn (Kolonie Am Rupenhorn)