Just north of the Tiergarten is the Hansaviertel, or Hansa Quarter (U-Bahn: Hansaplatz). The architecture of this area was an outgrowth of the great INTERBAU 1957 (International Builder's Exhibition), when architects from 22 nations designed buildings for the totally destroyed quarter. The diversity here is exciting: 50 architects took part, including Gropius, Niemeyer, and Duttman.
Gropius
Alvaar Alto
Lopez/Beaudouin (links) und Schwippert
Oscar Niemeyer
Flats at Hansaviertel Commentary
Built as part of the Interbau Exhibition rehabilitation program, in which Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe also participated.
"The model apartment building in the Hansaviertel was built on the occasion of the Interbau exhibition in Berlin. This design sought to combine as far as possible the advantages of the private house with its own garden and those of the typical apartment house. Hence, conventional narrow balconies were expanded to become outdoor patios around which the rooms of each apartment were grouped. This 'intimate arrangement' gives the occupants the advantage of a small garden combined with complete privacy."
— Karl Fleig. Alvar Aalto. p192
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