Hochhaus Pirnaischer Platz, High-rise building in Pirnaischer Platz, Dresden, Germany.
Hochhaus Pirnaischer Platz is a 14-story residential building standing 48 meters tall and featuring exterior loggias that provide outdoor space for individual units. The structure combines functional design with practical housing solutions for families and workers.
The building was constructed between 1964 and 1966 as part of the city's modern housing development during that decade. Four architects collaborated on the design to address residential needs for the local workforce.
The building shapes how the square looks and functions as a residential space with loggias that face outward toward the surroundings. It shows how housing was imagined for ordinary workers during a specific period of the city's life.
The complex closes the east side of Pirnaischer Platz, where Grunaer Straße begins. The high-rise stands on stilts above a one-storey flat wing with a roof terrace, so the entrance level sits under the tower. The building has stood empty since 2018; conversion work started at the end of 2022, and reoccupation is planned from mid-2025.
From 1968 to 1987 the red-lit lettering "DER SOZIALISMUS SIEGT" glowed on the facade, making the house known beyond Dresden; in 1987 mayor Wolfgang Berghofer had it removed without a stated reason. In October 2015 unknown persons mounted "DER KAPITALISMUS SIECHT" at the top of the building.
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