Staaken: Rudolf-Wissell-Großsiedlung

Rudolf-Wissell-Großsiedlung is a planned residential area with substantial open space in the borough of Spandau. The local streetscape is chiefly defined by apartment buildings and compact residential blocks; planned housing, courtyards and clearly structured open spaces; larger apartment blocks and high-rise buildings; as well as parks, mature trees and everyday green space. In Rudolf-Wissell-Großsiedlung, the daily character emerges through repeated building types, green courtyards and the separation of through traffic from internal routes. Rudolf-Wissell-Großsiedlung lies about 17 km west of central Berlin. The transitions from Rudolf-Wissell-Großsiedlung toward Pillnitzer Weg and Maulbeerallee are gradual, marked by changes in building form, traffic and greenery. Within Staaken, Rudolf-Wissell-Großsiedlung stands out through the smaller everyday zones that exist inside a large planned layout.