Charlottenburg: Ernst-Reuter-Platz

Ernst-Reuter-Platz is a major urban traffic circle in Charlottenburg, surrounded by office buildings and university institutions. Ernst-Reuter-Platz is shaped above all by the relationship between the open square, its surrounding façades, paths and the streets that feed into it. In Ernst-Reuter-Platz, the daily character emerges through changes in seating, greenery, pedestrian movement and the uses at the edges of the space. Ernst-Reuter-Platz lies in the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, about 5.5 km west of central Berlin. Ernst-Reuter-Platz merges gradually into Savignyplatz and Spreestadt; building scale, street activity and open space change before any clear boundary is felt. The immediate streets and open spaces give Ernst-Reuter-Platz a recognisable local identity of its own. Within Charlottenburg, Ernst-Reuter-Platz stands out through a clear public focus for the surrounding streets.