Appartementhaus am Schloss Schönhausen, Architectural heritage monument in Niederschönhausen, Berlin.
Appartementhaus am Schloss Schönhausen is a steel-frame building of 1966–1968 by architect Walter Schmidt, forming an L with a four-storey guesthouse block, a recessed attic and a single-storey kitchen wing. Slate clads the ground floor; aluminium panels between window bands serve as sunshades that return each day at noon to their 1968 positions. Walter Womacka's ceramic murals sit under the west canopy and on the garden side.
The building was constructed between 1966 and 1968 according to designs by architect Walter Schmidt as a guest facility for East German state officials. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it was converted into residential housing.
The building takes its name from its location near Schloss Schönhausen, a former royal residence. The ceramic wall decorations on the terrace featuring peace symbols remain a visible part of the neighborhood's character today.
Access to the property is available through an asphalted driveway from Tschaikowskistraße, which leads to an underground parking garage. The location next to Schloss Schönhausen makes it easy to find and provides nearby walking paths through the palace grounds.
The aluminium panels between the window bands were originally fixed; during the 2011–2013 renovation they became electrically adjustable sunshades. Every day at noon they return automatically to the positions they held in 1968. The stairwell shaft is set into the long facades in the proportion of the golden ratio.
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