Ziedlung Lindenhof.
It is hard to credit this is a path in the middle of a housing estate in Berlin. Ziedlung Lindenhof was set up 100 years ago as a settlement to provide a garden city on a co operative basis. It is hard to understate the success considering Germany was going through hyper inflation post WWI but today it is a shing example of what can be done.
1925/2025.
Architecture by Martin Wagner, Bruno Taut and Leberecht Migge
Idea of the garden city
Groundbreaking for the historic settlement took place in December 1918 at the end of the First World War. It was developed under the direction of the then Schöneberg city architect Martin Wagner (1885–1957) and was based on the concept of a garden city. Due to its location and architecture, the settlement appears self-contained, as evidenced by the gate-like entrances on Reglinstrasse and Röblingstrasse. As a former garden city, Lindenhof is characterized today by its park-like open spaces with mature trees and its own pond, which emerged from a glacial pool. At the time of its construction, the area surrounding Lindenhof had a more rural character.
Light, air and greenery
The Lindenhof – a pioneering housing project with exemplary character – was distinguished above all by its good housing at affordable prices, numerous communal facilities, and the possibility of self-sufficiency in home gardens. Despite the use of two standard houses, a coherent residential area emerged as an alternative to the airless and dark living conditions of the Berlin tenement blocks of the time. 127 four-family and 75 single-family homes were built. The architectural demands of creating decent living space with light, air, and greenery were realized here.
Lindenhof is GeWoSüd's largest residential complex. Approximately 1,500 members and their families live in Lindenhof, the cooperative's oldest location. Lindenhof comprises 232 buildings with a total of 1,262 apartments, including 163 multi-family homes and 69 single-family homes.
Extensive renovation work has been underway throughout the Lindenhof complex since 2007. In addition to the renovation of many apartments in multi-family buildings, modern attic apartments with a maisonette style were created in the historic Lindenhof buildings.
GeWoSüd's housing options in Lindenhof range from one-room apartments of 28 square meters to six-room apartments of 180 square meters to terraced houses with private gardens.
Ziedlung Lindenhof.
It is hard to credit this is a path in the middle of a housing estate in Berlin. Ziedlung Lindenhof was set up 100 years ago as a settlement to provide a garden city on a co operative basis. It is hard to understate the success considering Germany was going through hyper inflation post WWI but today it is a shing example of what can be done.
1925/2025.
Architecture by Martin Wagner, Bruno Taut and Leberecht Migge
Idea of the garden city
Groundbreaking for the historic settlement took place in December 1918 at the end of the First World War. It was developed under the direction of the then Schöneberg city architect Martin Wagner (1885–1957) and was based on the concept of a garden city. Due to its location and architecture, the settlement appears self-contained, as evidenced by the gate-like entrances on Reglinstrasse and Röblingstrasse. As a former garden city, Lindenhof is characterized today by its park-like open spaces with mature trees and its own pond, which emerged from a glacial pool. At the time of its construction, the area surrounding Lindenhof had a more rural character.
Light, air and greenery
The Lindenhof – a pioneering housing project with exemplary character – was distinguished above all by its good housing at affordable prices, numerous communal facilities, and the possibility of self-sufficiency in home gardens. Despite the use of two standard houses, a coherent residential area emerged as an alternative to the airless and dark living conditions of the Berlin tenement blocks of the time. 127 four-family and 75 single-family homes were built. The architectural demands of creating decent living space with light, air, and greenery were realized here.
Lindenhof is GeWoSüd's largest residential complex. Approximately 1,500 members and their families live in Lindenhof, the cooperative's oldest location. Lindenhof comprises 232 buildings with a total of 1,262 apartments, including 163 multi-family homes and 69 single-family homes.
Extensive renovation work has been underway throughout the Lindenhof complex since 2007. In addition to the renovation of many apartments in multi-family buildings, modern attic apartments with a maisonette style were created in the historic Lindenhof buildings.
GeWoSüd's housing options in Lindenhof range from one-room apartments of 28 square meters to six-room apartments of 180 square meters to terraced houses with private gardens.