Quartier Schützenstrasse
Berlin, Germany · 1998
Photo · Photo by Maurizio MWG
A key precedent for postmodern urban infill, demonstrating how a large city block can be broken down into a series of colorful, individual facades with historicist references.
- What we like about this project
- The dramatic contrast between the bright green and red stucco facades and the traditional brick and stone sections.
Materials
- stucco
- brick
- zinc
- stone-cladding
- painted-wood
Visual identifiers
- colorful-facades
- arched-dormers
- postmodern-classicism
- urban-block-division
- aldo-rossi
Style tags
- postmodern
- neo-rationalist
- historicist
Visual tags
- postmodernism
- color-blocking
- historicist-scale
- zinc-roofing
- urban-infill
- Geometry
- A series of narrow, vertically oriented facades with distinct colors and materials, topped by a rhythmic row of arched zinc dormers set back on a mansard-like roof profile.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing masonry look with applied stucco, brick veneer, and stone cladding panels.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with non-structural masonry and panelized cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story urban residential or commercial block, with individual facades scaled to mimic historical townhouses.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast daylight casting soft, minimal shadows across the facade surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- A playful yet structured urban rhythm defined by bold primary colors and repetitive classical motifs.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street wall in Berlin, displaying a postmodern interpretation of traditional block divisions.
- Spatial experience
- The street wall is broken down into individual, historicist-scaled parcels, creating a varied and colorful urban rhythm rather than a monolithic block.
- Composition rhythm
- A repeating sequence of vertical facade bays, each with its own color and window rhythm, unified by a continuous line of arched dormers.
- Style reading
- Postmodern Classicism
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and residential block
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, brick, zinc, stone-cladding, painted-wood
- Visual identifiers
- colorful-facades, arched-dormers, postmodern-classicism, urban-block-division, aldo-rossi
- Style tags
- postmodern, neo-rationalist, historicist
- Visual tags
- postmodernism, color-blocking, historicist-scale, zinc-roofing, urban-infill
- Geometry
- A series of narrow, vertically oriented facades with distinct colors and materials, topped by a rhythmic row of arched zinc dormers set back on a mansard-like roof profile.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing masonry look with applied stucco, brick veneer, and stone cladding panels.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with non-structural masonry and panelized cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story urban residential or commercial block, with individual facades scaled to mimic historical townhouses.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast daylight casting soft, minimal shadows across the facade surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- A playful yet structured urban rhythm defined by bold primary colors and repetitive classical motifs.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street wall in Berlin, displaying a postmodern interpretation of traditional block divisions.
- Spatial experience
- The street wall is broken down into individual, historicist-scaled parcels, creating a varied and colorful urban rhythm rather than a monolithic block.
- Composition rhythm
- A repeating sequence of vertical facade bays, each with its own color and window rhythm, unified by a continuous line of arched dormers.
- Style reading
- Postmodern Classicism
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and residential block
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture