Weiße Stadt, Modernist housing estate in Reinickendorf, Germany
Weiße Stadt is a residential estate in Berlin-Reinickendorf with roughly 1,200 white buildings featuring colored doors, window frames, and rainwater pipes as accents. The buildings are arranged in linear blocks that form courtyards with green spaces where residents can spend time.
The estate was built between 1928 and 1931 to address Berlin's housing shortage following World War I's impact on the city. The project demonstrated new ways to quickly and efficiently create homes for many people at once.
The estate was designed as an experiment to create modern living spaces for ordinary people rather than the wealthy. Residents can gather today in the green courtyards, and the layout shows how architects of that time wanted to improve everyday life.
The area is easy to explore on foot with a relaxed walk that lets you see the different blocks and their design features. There are shops and facilities on-site, allowing you to move through the estate as residents do.
The Bridges House on Aroser Allee marks the entrance to the estate and once served as an administrative building for the complex. This structure exemplifies how architects made symmetry and order central to the overall design of the entire development.
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