View of the stairwell of Oscar Niemeyer's disc tower in the Hansaviertel district of Berlin
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Photo Series: Berlin’s Hansaviertel District
As part of the international construction trade fair Interbau of 1957, a highly modern residential neighbourood was built. Photographer Fiona Hirschmann explored the Hansaviertel district for us and captured some of its highlights.
The neighbouring houses Brakema/van den Broek and Baldessari
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Ground floor view of the building by Luciano Balessari
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After it was almost completely destroyed during the World War II, work for construction of the new Hansaviertel began in 1956.
Max Taut’s row of flats in the Hansaviertel neighbourhood
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The Hassenpflug house at the junction of Bartnigallee and Hanseatenweg
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The house by Kay Fiske
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the pentagonal building by Otto Senn
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53 internationally renowned architects were invited to take part in the redesign of the district near Berlin’s Tiergarten.
The high-rise by Eugène Beaudouin and Raymond Lopez
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The high-rise by Eugène Beaudouin and Raymond Lopez
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A building used as a studio by the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg
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Exhibition building of the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg
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