Wilhelmstadt: Maulbeerallee

Maulbeerallee is a planned residential area with substantial open space in the borough of Spandau. The local streetscape is chiefly defined by detached homes and quiet residential streets; apartment buildings and compact residential blocks; planned housing, courtyards and clearly structured open spaces; as well as parks, mature trees and everyday green space. The everyday rhythm of Maulbeerallee is shaped by repeated building types, green courtyards and the separation of through traffic from internal routes. Maulbeerallee lies about 16 km west of central Berlin. The transitions from Maulbeerallee toward Staakener Straße and Weinmeisterhornweg are gradual, marked by changes in building form, traffic and greenery. The character of Maulbeerallee is clearest along everyday routes between homes, public space and nearby destinations. This gives Maulbeerallee a distinctive quality: the smaller everyday zones that exist inside a large planned layout.