L-40, Berlin

"One of the primary concepts of the project was to attempt to open up the courtyard rather than use it as a second grade source of light that is one of the main problems of the Berlin tenement blocks. All of these are qualities that are not very common in architecture in this city".

Above extract taken from  writings on architecture, urbanism & art blog, defiantly worth a read. 

http://waua.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/l-40-berlin/ , plans available from: http://www.l-40.de/de/index.php

AXONOMETRIC SECTION ACROSS A TYPICAL WILHELMINE TENEMENT IN BERLIN

HEIKO RÖSSGER

SYSTEMATIC AXONOMETRIC SECTION ACROSS A TYPICAL WILHELMINE TENEMENT IN BERLIN/ AXONOMETRISCHER SCHNITT DURCH EINE TYPISCHE WILHELMINISCHE MIETSKASERNE IN BERLIN, 1984

Sido - MEIN BLOCK

A different Berlin housing typology translation below wenn mann kein Deutsch sprechen kann


"Mein schöner weißer Plattenbau wird langsam grau..."


"My lovely white prefab is turning slowly grey"