Residential complex
As a residential complex were designated in urban planning of the GDR , a settlement or a residential area , the contemporary socialist corresponded life performance. In particular in large housing developments , one spoke of complex housing construction .
In a residential complex there is not only apartments but also the necessary infrastructure: shopping facilities for daily needs (socialist department store , today known as a supermarket ), crèche and kindergarten , polyclinic (today medical center with practices of all disciplines, x-ray department and pharmacy) and schools (elementary and High school). Each residential complex can function like an independent, self-contained municipality. The major traffic axes lead around the outside of the residential complexes. These are accessed through side streets into the residential complexes. Only local public transport is permitted as through traffic.
The residential complexes I to III in Neuruppin are a prime example of these GDR residential and settlement areas.
Web links
- Explanation of a residential complex made up of a socialist living concept and residential construction in the GDR by Matthias Hunger
- The dream of the record
- Artifacts from the GDR days