ze05 – residential estate Zelterstraße, Berlin, Germany

Townhouses

23 townhouses along the street have separate front entrances and rear parking access. With a breadth of mainly 3.65 m, the four floors have split-level organisation, with a 4.20 m kitchen/living room, direct garden access, a visually shielded roof terrace and a roof garden.

Garden house

Direct garden access provides interior light and individual rear entrances. 10 three-storey garden houses have

strikingly large room areas and heights, loggias, balconies and split-level organisation.

Penthouse

Above the garden houses, 12 three-storey penthouses are double-oriented on the top floor. From visually shielded patios, they have direct access to roof terraces with city views.

Community – Privacy - City

The advantages of one’s own home, combined with the density of a residential estate, give new significance to the aspect of community. The development reflects precisely that combination of community and privacy. The buildings have several entrances providing independent access, while paths in the courtyard, lobby, garage and street repeatedly overlap. The project’s size allowed a series of communal facilities. Highlights include the 1,300 m2 communal yard, which is not divided into individual gardens, the 250 m2 common roof terrace with views of Berlin and cooking facilities, the sauna and four guest apartments. The car-free garden, the narrow modular grid and separate, yet overlapping access give the project’s uses a villagelike character. The town houses open out towards the street – and the city – each with shop windows in one room, allowing use by small businesses or providing as much insight into the interior life as the residents wish.