Buckow: West

Buckow West features residential areas with a suburban character, including detached houses and green spaces. The defining local feature of Buckow West is lower building density, detached homes, private gardens and comparatively little through traffic. How Buckow West is used over the course of the day depends on larger plots, mature planting and a slower rhythm than in Berlin’s inner-city blocks. Buckow West lies in the borough of Neukölln, about 11 km south of central Berlin. From Buckow West toward Buckow Mitte and Hundsteinweg, density, land use and street character shift step by step rather than at a sharp edge. The immediate streets and open spaces give Buckow West a recognisable local identity of its own. The character of Buckow West is clearest along everyday routes between homes, public space and nearby destinations. Together, these elements make the sense of privacy and local continuity found at the metropolitan edge central to the identity of Buckow West.