Kant-Garage
Parking garage in Berlin, Germany
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Kant-Garage, also known in German as Kant-Garagen-Palast (Kant Parking Palace), is a multi-storey car park on Kantstrasse in the Charlottenburg area of Berlin that opened in 1930.
| Kant-Garage | |
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Kant-Garage, Berlin is an important example of inter-war automotive architecture | |
 Interactive map of the Kant-Garage area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Parking garage |
| Location | Kantstrasse 126-127, Berlin, Germany |
| Opening | 1930 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 (six storeys) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Hermann Zweigenthal (1904-1968), Richard Paulick (1903-1979) |
| Developer | Louis Serlin |
| Other information | |
| Parking | 300 automobiles |
The first multi-level parking garage in Berlin, and considered to be one of few existing examples of industrial Bauhaus architecture, it is registered as an historic building and is still used for car parking, although its future is in doubt.
Design
Kant-Garage was designed by architect Hermann Zweigenthal (also known as Hermann Herrey) and Richard Paulick in collaboration with entrepreneur and engineer Louis Serlin. The engineering of the design was the creation of the firm Lohmüller, Korschelt & Renker.[1] It is a six-storey garage with 300 parking spots, 200 of which were designed as boxes with steel doors to meet fire regulations. The back of the building is covered with a curtain wall.[1] The ramp-system of the garage – a double-helix ramp, also known as a double-spiral ramp – was the first of its kind in Germany.
Present
Today, it is considered unique as the oldest garage with this style of ramp in Europe, and the second oldest in the world.[1][2] The garage was registered as an historic monument in 1991, and is considered an important example of inter-war automotive architecture. Its future is uncertain as its owner has applied for it to be demolished.[3][4]
