Britz: Handwerker-Siedlung

Handwerker-Siedlung is a historic workers’ housing estate with small houses, gardens and a clearly defined, uniform structure. At Handwerker-Siedlung, the local character comes from the deliberate relationship between housing blocks, pedestrian paths and clearly structured shared open space. The everyday rhythm of Handwerker-Siedlung is shaped by repeated building types, green courtyards and the separation of through traffic from internal routes. Handwerker-Siedlung lies in the borough of Neukölln, about 10 km south of central Berlin. From Handwerker-Siedlung toward Britzer Garten and Parchimer Allee Süd, density, land use and street character shift step by step rather than at a sharp edge. The character of Handwerker-Siedlung is clearest along everyday routes between homes, public space and nearby destinations. This gives Handwerker-Siedlung a distinctive quality: the smaller everyday zones that exist inside a large planned layout.