Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Subsidised housing estates
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (German: Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne) is a World Heritage Site designated in 2008, comprising seven separate subsidized housing estates in Berlin. Dating mainly from the years of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933), when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive socially, politically and culturally, they are outstanding examples of the building reform movement that contributed to improving housing and living conditions for people with low incomes through innovative approaches to architecture and urban planning. The estates also provide exceptional examples of new urban and architectural typologies, featuring fresh design solutions, as well as technical and aesthetic innovations. Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf was inscribed as an extension of the existing site in 2026.[1]
Bruno Taut, Martin Wagner and Walter Gropius were among the leading architects of these projects which exercised considerable influence on the development of housing around the world.[1]
List of housing estates
See also
- Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
- New Frankfurt, Frankfurt 1925–1932
- Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart 1927
Further reading
- Hasple, Jörg; Jaeggi, Annemarie (eds.) (2007) Housing Estates in the Berlin Modern Style (2nd ed.). Berlin/Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag. ISBN 978-3422021006
- Landesdenkmalamt (ed.) (2009) Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (English and German edition). Salenstein, Switzerland: Braun Publishing. ISBN 978-3037680001