Friedrichsfelde: Gensinger Straße

Gensinger Straße forms part of a large-scale residential estate in Lichtenberg, defined by prefabricated buildings and structured green spaces. The defining local feature of Gensinger Straße is the deliberate relationship between housing blocks, pedestrian paths and clearly structured shared open space. How Gensinger Straße is used over the course of the day depends on repeated building types, green courtyards and the separation of through traffic from internal routes. Gensinger Straße lies in the borough of Lichtenberg, about 8.4 km east of central Berlin. Gensinger Straße merges gradually into Marzahner Chaussee and Tierpark; building scale, street activity and open space change before any clear boundary is felt. The character of Gensinger Straße is clearest along everyday routes between homes, public space and nearby destinations. Together, these elements make the smaller everyday zones that exist inside a large planned layout central to the identity of Gensinger Straße.