Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf (the Zehlendorf forest estate), built between 1926 and 1932 in Berlin, is one of the largest modernist housing estates in Germany. This estate comprises multi-storey apartment buildings and single-family row houses, retail units, a railway station with shopping arcades, and green spaces. Inscribed as an extension to the World Heritage serial property ‘Berlin Modernism Housing Estates’, it complements and contributes to the series by representing a different example of modernist housing estates, characterised by its integration into the wooded landscape, the development of transportation infrastructure, an exclusive use of flat roofs, specific colour principles, and a sculptural façade design. Together with this extension, the series provides a comprehensive illustration of the global housing reform movement of the early 20th century.