Marzahn: Springpfuhl

Springpfuhl is a residential area in Marzahn with large housing estates, green courtyards and a central lake. The defining local feature of Springpfuhl is the deliberate relationship between housing blocks, pedestrian paths and clearly structured shared open space. How Springpfuhl is used over the course of the day depends on repeated building types, green courtyards and the separation of through traffic from internal routes. Springpfuhl lies in the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf, about 9.4 km east of central Berlin. From Springpfuhl toward Marzahner Chaussee and Oberfeldstraße, density, land use and street character shift step by step rather than at a sharp edge. The immediate streets and open spaces give Springpfuhl 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 Springpfuhl.