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Berlin Housing Estates of the 1920s - on the UNESCO World Heritage List
Siedlung Schillerpark
Bristolstraße 1-5, in 2005
Bristolstraße, in 2005
Oxforder Straße 10/12, in 2005
The Schillerpark Settlement was the first metropolitan housing project in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. Taut's urban planning reflects modern Dutch architecture, particularly the work of Jakobus Johannes Pieter Oud. His choice of materials also reflects the brick buildings of Amsterdam.
Colour as an element of design is predominantly restricted to the interior. Instead, the design of the facades focuses on building materials and a spatial structure visible from the outside - such as a jamb floor without joints on which laundry facilities and drying rooms have been located.
A third flat, which juts out from the row of buildings with three flats per floor, provides for a particularly striking façade relief of the buildings that were constructed first. Buildings erected at a later stage do not have this feature anymore. This reduction of shape, tending towards minimalism, not only reflects the contemporary architectural trend, but is also economically motivated. From 1925 on, buildings with three flats per floor no longer complied with the guidelines for development aid.
Settlement details
| Location |
Mitte District, subdistrict of Wedding
Rehberge subway station |
| Streets |
Barfusstraße, Bristolstraße, Corker Straße, Dubliner Straße, Oxforder Straße, Windsorer Straße |
| Total Area |
4.6 ha [11.37 acres] |
| Number of Flats |
303 |
| Flat Sizes |
1 ½ to 4 ½ rooms [excluding kitchen and bathroom] |
| Constructed |
1924 to 1930 |
| Urban Design |
Bruno Taut |
| Architects |
Bruno Taut, reconstruction/completion by Max Taut (1951) and Hans Hoffmann (1953 until 1957) |
| Landscape Architect |
Presumably Bruno Taut, from 1954 Walter Rossow |
| Building Owner |
Berliner Spar- und Bauverein (construction 1924-1925 by GEHAG Gemeinnützige Heimstätten-Spar- und Bau-AG [a not-for-profit building and savings company]) |
| Reconstruction |
Since 1991, with emphasis on preserving the architecture |
| Owner in 2012 |
Berliner Bau- und Wohnungsgenossenschaft von 1892 eG [building cooperative] |
| Owner in 2006 |
Berliner Bau- und Wohnungsgenossenschaft von 1892 eG [building cooperative] |
| Tenants in 2006 |
740 |
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Mitte District
Aerial photo
Inner courtyard between Windsorer and Oxforder Straße, in 2005
Houses from the 1st construction phase on Bristolstraße, in 1929
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