Alt-Hohenschönhausen: Weiße Taube

Weiße Taube is a residential area with prefabricated housing and structured open spaces in eastern Berlin. At Weiße Taube, the local character comes from the deliberate relationship between housing blocks, pedestrian paths and clearly structured shared open space. The everyday rhythm of Weiße Taube is shaped by repeated building types, green courtyards and the separation of through traffic from internal routes. Weiße Taube lies in the borough of Lichtenberg, about 7.5 km east of central Berlin. The transitions from Weiße Taube toward Hauptstraße and Landsberger Allee are gradual, marked by changes in building form, traffic and greenery. Around Weiße Taube, even a few minutes on foot can bring noticeable changes in noise, greenery and access to everyday services. The immediate streets and open spaces give Weiße Taube a recognisable local identity of its own. This gives Weiße Taube a distinctive quality: the smaller everyday zones that exist inside a large planned layout.