Hufeisensiedlung Britz (1925–30)

Urban Farm DB summary

The page on the Britz Horseshoe Estate from the official site for the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates World Heritage property. Construction ran from 1925 to 1931, with Bruno Taut and Martin Wagner responsible for the overall plan and urban design and Leberecht Migge and Ottokar Wagler for the garden design. The estate comprises 1,963 dwellings — 679 single-family rowhouses and 1,284 flats — ranging from 1.5 to 5 rooms. The World Heritage property covers 37.1 hectares with a 73.1-hectare buffer zone, and the emblematic horseshoe-shaped main block is 350 metres long. It was inscribed as World Heritage in 2008 and designated a garden monument in 2010.

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• 1,963 dwellings

  dwelling count(hufeisensiedlung britz)

  DesignControl: 679 single-family rowhouses and 1,284 flats

  region

  Germany (Berlin)

  year

  1931

  method

  dwellings in the estate built 1925-1931, garden design by Leberecht Migge and Ottokar Wagler

• 679 houses

  single family rowhouse count(hufeisensiedlung britz)

  Design

  region

  Germany (Berlin)

  year

  1931

  method

  single-family rowhouses, each with its own garden plot

• 37.1 hectares

  world heritage site area(hufeisensiedlung britz)

  DesignControl: 73.1-hectare buffer zone

  region

  Germany (Berlin)

  year

  2008

  method

  inscribed World Heritage property area

• 350 metres

  horseshoe block length(hufeisensiedlung britz)

  Design

  region

  Germany (Berlin)

  year

  1931

  method

  length of the horseshoe-shaped main block

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