Lichterfelde: Augustaplatz

Augustaplatz is a smaller urban square surrounded by residential buildings and local streets, forming a neighborhood focal point. The defining local feature of Augustaplatz is the relationship between the open square, its surrounding façades, paths and the streets that feed into it. How Augustaplatz is used over the course of the day depends on changes in seating, greenery, pedestrian movement and the uses at the edges of the space. Augustaplatz lies in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, about 11 km southwest of central Berlin. From Augustaplatz toward Hindenburgdamm and Lichterfelde West, density, land use and street character shift step by step rather than at a sharp edge. The immediate streets and open spaces give Augustaplatz a recognisable local identity of its own. Together, these elements make a clear public focus for the surrounding streets central to the identity of Augustaplatz.