Hansaviertel

Hansaviertel is a modernist residential quarter built after World War II, known for its iconic architecture and open green layout. The defining local feature of Hansaviertel is the deliberate relationship between housing blocks, pedestrian paths and clearly structured shared open space. How Hansaviertel is used over the course of the day depends on repeated building types, green courtyards and the separation of through traffic from internal routes. Hansaviertel lies in the borough of Mitte, about 4.3 km west of central Berlin. From Hansaviertel toward Großer Tiergarten and Elberfelder Straße, density, land use and street character shift step by step rather than at a sharp edge. The immediate streets and open spaces give Hansaviertel a recognisable local identity of its own. Together, these elements make the smaller everyday zones that exist inside a large planned layout central to the identity of Hansaviertel.