Lichtenberg residential complex

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Lichtenberg residential complex (corner of Siegfried and Rüdigerstrasse)

The Lichtenberg residential complex (formerly: BVG-Siedlung ) is a listed residential complex in the Lichtenberg district of Berlin .

history

The listed residential complex was built between 1925 and 1930 by the non-profit Heimstättenbaugesellschaft der Berliner Straßenbahn   for the employees of the Berliner Straßenbahn-Betriebsgesellschaft (later BVG ). It is close to the Lichtenberg depot . The company apartments were built in two construction phases and consist of two closed apartment blocks bounded by Siegfriedstraße 17-27b (west), Gotlindestraße (no house number, north), Hagenstraße 28-39 (east) and Rüdigerstraße 78-81 (south). The architects Helmuth Griesebach and Heinz Rehmann designed four-storey plastered buildings for the southern residential complex with gable roofs that form an inner courtyard equipped with a lawn and a fountain . The entrances alternate on the long street fronts with slightly protruding sections. The balconies were combined in pairs. The smooth, white framing of the openings and rusting accentuate the yellow rough plaster with imitation plaster fields. The facade structure of the second northern residential block is similar to that of the first, but the design comes from the architect Karl Mohr. The style is not assigned to historicism , but rather shows a more objective formal language . The garden architect Albert Brodersen designed the green areas for the two consecutive and unconnected apartment blocks.

Each of the two apartment blocks has courtyard entrances on Siegfriedstrasse and Hagenstrasse, the southern block has another one on Rüdigerstrasse, which is used as storage space. After the residents moved in, there were two supply facilities at Siegfriedstrasse 17; a vegetable and milk shop (Reeck) and a soap shop with an attached electric roller laundry ironer (Maaß) . These two shops were used until the late 1960s, after which newer operators were found. The shops can be recognized by the three-level entrances.

After the political change , the entire residential complex now became the property of the reunified Berlin transport company , which had a comprehensive renovation carried out in 1995/1996.

literature

  • Thorsten Dame: Elektropolis Berlin: Architecture and Monument Guide . 1st edition. Imhof, Petersberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7319-0148-8 , p. 459-460 .
  • Steffen Maria Strietzel, Thomas Thiele, Dirk Moldt (eds.): The modern city of Berlin-Lichtenberg: an architecture guide . 1st edition. Berlin Story Verlag GmbH, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-95723-107-9 , pp. 20 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
  2. ^ Lichtenberg> Siegfriedstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1940, IV, p. 250 (In the address book of 1940, the owner of the residential complexes is given as the non-profit Heimstättenbaugesellschaft of the BVG, based in Köthener Strasse. The houses were therefore mainly home to tram drivers, conductors, locksmiths, Electricians and employees such as accountants or engineers).

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '0.5 "  N , 13 ° 29' 58.9"  E