Siedlung Schillerpark
The initial concept for the construction on the site in the north of Berlin near the Schillerpark was formulated in 1914. The concept entailed a closed, square five-storey building with no wings and no cross-building, resulting ain a large, green interior courtyard.
Berlin architect Bruno Taut was only commissioned in 1924 to come up with a new design for the estate. He, however, decided against the original closed-cube plan and chose instead for an open building. Thus, following the Dutch example, the result was freestanding four-storey groups of housing constructed from red brick, decorated with white and blue plastering.
The apartments have one-and-a-half to four-and-a half rooms (excluding kitchen and bathroom) and are fitted with bathrooms and balconies. All the free spaces in the inner courtyards and the children’s playgrounds were and are accessible to the public. With its flat roofs, among other features, the estate was one of the first modern housing estates in Berlin.
Nowadays the estate, with its 593 homes, belongs to the Berliner Bau- und Wohnungsgenossenschaft von 1892 eG.
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