#Housing estate #Berlin #1923
Deutsche Gartenstadt Gesellschaft
Heerstraße 642, 642A-D, 644, 645A-H, 646-653, 653A-B, 654, 655, 655A-E, 656, 657, 658; Nennhauser Damm 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175
13591
Berlin,
Germany
Public transport: Am Zeppelinpark
Today's use: Apartments
Description
Within the garden city movement in Germany, this settlement was built very early as a sample with flat roofs and no ornamentation. Even later, garden cities in Germany are rarely built with the typical characteristics of Modernism.Twenty-one semi-detached houses and one single house as a model house were built. It would be typical for a garden city to have more footpaths running the gardens to make them visible for visitors. The gardens of this housing estate are more visible from the street. Each semi-detached house stands on a plot of about 700 square metres. The houses have been designed in the same way, the architect pursued the idea of standardisation. The architect originally used clinker bricks to decorate the facade From the first floor onwards, the architect originally used clinker bricks to decorate the facade on the first and second floors. All the residents later covered tose parts with plaster. On the outside, most of the buildings have extensions, so that the proportions of all houses today differ a lot. Above the entrances are the narrow stairways from which the rooms on all three floors can be reached. The entrances always face the street and are therefore always in different cardinal directions. This also means that the rooms facing the garden always have different points of the compass. This "disorderly" principle is rather untypical for the interwar architecture. There is a southern and a northern part of the settlement along the street Heerstraße. Due to the different ownership structures, most of the houses in the southern part have been restored by the individual owners, at least in terms of colour, to approximate their original condition. In the northern section, however, the houses are in a very poor condition.
Description
Within the garden city movement in Germany, this settlement was built very early as a sample with flat roofs and no ornamentation. Even later, garden cities in Germany are rarely built with the typical characteristics of Modernism.Twenty-one semi-detached houses and one single house as a model house were built. It would be typical for a garden city to have more footpaths running the gardens to make them visible for visitors. The gardens of this housing estate are more visible from the street. Each semi-detached house stands on a plot of about 700 square metres. The houses have been designed in the same way, the architect pursued the idea of standardisation. The architect originally used clinker bricks to decorate the facade From the first floor onwards, the architect originally used clinker bricks to decorate the facade on the first and second floors. All the residents later covered tose parts with plaster. On the outside, most of the buildings have extensions, so that the proportions of all houses today differ a lot. Above the entrances are the narrow stairways from which the rooms on all three floors can be reached. The entrances always face the street and are therefore always in different cardinal directions. This also means that the rooms facing the garden always have different points of the compass. This "disorderly" principle is rather untypical for the interwar architecture. There is a southern and a northern part of the settlement along the street Heerstraße. Due to the different ownership structures, most of the houses in the southern part have been restored by the individual owners, at least in terms of colour, to approximate their original condition. In the northern section, however, the houses are in a very poor condition.
History
This housing estate was built between 1923 and 1925 for members of the aviation academy of the neighbouring airship port (Zeppelin). Nowadays, the settlement is in a very different state. The intention was to prevent individual houses from being sold privately, but that is exactly what happened. The settlement was listed in 1992. The complex is often called New Jerusalem. During the time of construction, this was a common name for houses with flat roofs, as some people considered them un-European or un-German and compared them to the construction of houses in the Middle East. Since this designation also always carries a negative connotation, we would like to call the settlement Flachbausiedlung, just as the city of Berlin does today.
History
This housing estate was built between 1923 and 1925 for members of the aviation academy of the neighbouring airship port (Zeppelin). Nowadays, the settlement is in a very different state. The intention was to prevent individual houses from being sold privately, but that is exactly what happened. The settlement was listed in 1992. The complex is often called New Jerusalem. During the time of construction, this was a common name for houses with flat roofs, as some people considered them un-European or un-German and compared them to the construction of houses in the Middle East. Since this designation also always carries a negative connotation, we would like to call the settlement Flachbausiedlung, just as the city of Berlin does today.
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