Planungsbüro: Bruno Taut

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Bruno Taut (1880 - 1938) was a German architect and urban planner who is considered one of the pioneers of Modernism and New Building (among other things, he organised the architects' association "Die Gläserne Kette"). He was committed to social housing construction and used colours as a design tool like no other architect at the time. In 1908 he came to Berlin, where ten to twelve thousand flats were built according to his designs, including the "Hufeisensiedlung" in the Britz district and the "Tuschkastensiedlung" in the Treptow-Köpenick district.

Publication
Winfried Brenne (2005): Bruno Taut. Master of Colourful Building in Berlin. Ed.: Deutscher Werkbund Berlin e. V.

12524 Berlin: Bruno Taut's "Tuschkastensiedlung". 128 flats in 48 storey flats in six apartment blocks and 80 detached houses in rows or as semi-detached houses with 1 to 5 rooms; gross floor area: 14,051 m². Renovation / refurbishment / extension: 1992 to 2002; extension since 2001 and new construction of apartment blocks and terraced houses since 2011. Construction: 1913 to 1916

Garden City Falkenberg

12359 Berlin-Britz: The Hufeisensiedlung is part of the large housing estate Britz with a total of 1963 apartments for about 5000 residents was built as one of the first social housing estates in Berlin. The architecture of the strongly green settlement proved to be trend-setting. The architects involved in the planning were Bruno Taut, the city building councilor Martin Wagner and the garden architect Leberecht Migge. As a complete ensemble, the estate has been a listed building since 1986. Since 2008 it has been a Unesco World Heritage Site and since 2010 it has also been registered as a garden monument. Completion: 1933

Horseshoe settlement