Unité d’Habitation
Type Berlin
The series leads through the „Wohnmaschine“ („housing machine“) by Le Corbusier, which was built in 1956-58 on the occasion of the International Building Exhibition in Berlin. Besides Marseille and Nantes, the „Unité d’habitation, Type Berlin“ is the third residential complex of that kind. A 17-storey high-rise building standing on reinforced-concrete stanchions with 557 apartments, which are accessible via nine centrally located „streets“.
Location
Berlin, Germany
