Unité d'Habitation of Berlin [SEP] architect
Unité d'Habitation of Berlin
Unité d'Habitation of Berlin is a 1958 apartment building located in Berlin, Germany, designed by Le Corbusier following his concept of Unité d'Habitation. Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation concept was materialised in four other buildings in France with a similar design. The building is constructed in béton brut (rough-cast concrete) and is part of the initial architecture style we know today as brutalism. The structure was built with on site prefab cast concrete panels and poured ceiling slabs. It is an early example of plattenbau
more buildings with this name and a very similar design:
- Unité d'Habitation of Nantes-Rezé in 1955,
- Unité d'Habitation of Berlin Westend in 1957,
- in 1963,
- in 1965.
All of them were oriented with the building's long axis running north–south, so the units face east-and-west.
The replacement material (béton brut) influenced the Brutalist movement, and the building inspired several housing complexes including the Alton West estate in Roehampton, London, and