Cité-jardin Ungemach, Garden city in Wacken neighborhood, Strasbourg, France
Cité-jardin Ungemach is a residential garden city with approximately 140 individual houses distributed across 12 hectares in northern Strasbourg. Each residence includes a private garden and was built following uniform design principles with pink or cream-colored facades and sloped roofs.
The garden city was founded in the early 1920s by industrialist Charles-Leon Ungemach as a housing project for young families seeking affordable quality accommodations. This development reflected a broader movement to create social housing following progressive design ideas.
The architecture follows uniform design principles with pink or straw-colored houses featuring sloped roofs and garden spaces measuring exactly 6 ares per residence.
The residential area is accessible by tram lines B and E at Wacken station, which connects to central Strasbourg. Walking through the streets allows visitors to appreciate the details of the houses and gardens at their own pace.
Each house ranges from 100 to 165 square meters with living spaces on the ground floor and bedrooms under the distinctive roof lines. The uniformity of the settlement was intentionally designed as a social experiment to foster economic stability and community life for working families.
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