Kosegartensiedlung
The Kosegartensiedlung in Rostock is a listed settlement in the Hansaviertel district . It was built from 1928 to 1930 in the style of New Building and New Objectivity according to plans by the architect Walter Butzek .
After the Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart received a lot of attention at the “Die Wohnung” exhibition initiated by the Deutscher Werkbund in 1927 , Walter Butzek took up these suggestions in order to fulfill his task of creating simple and inexpensive apartments for disabled people in the First World War.
In a closed triangular plan, which by the shape of the building site between the railway lines Rostock-Warnemünde and Rostock-Wismar and the hundred men street was given, he conceived a settlement of three storey, strictly cuboid-shaped and well-proportioned buildings. The ratio between height and width of the individual houses corresponds approximately to the golden section . Butzek used a uniform type of house with a flat roof that is flush with the facade. This design and the use of plain, standardized windows and doors underline the horizontal lines. The effect is enhanced by the arrangement and shape of the windows. In each house there are four windows, each arranged in pairs and divided into three parts.
The original impression is no longer preserved today, although the facades were placed under monument protection in 1984. By adding thermal insulation, changing the color of the house plinth and changing the color and structure of the building facades, the building was adapted to today's tastes. Without exception, Butzek had used smooth, light plaster with contrasting dark brown windows and doors.
Literature and Sources
- Students of the Goethe Gymnasium Rostock: Rostock - Neue Sachlichkeit , script from denkmal aktiv, 2004
Coordinates: 54 ° 4 '52.2 " N , 12 ° 6' 57.1" E