Kreuzberg Tower and Wings by John Hejduk, 1988
Charlottenstraße / Besselstraße, Kreuzberg
Berlin, September 2011
“The design actually comprises three separate buildings, of which one is the central tower, the two others forming wings to a pre-exisiting building to the rear. All three are residential. As with many IBA projects, I wonder whether the design of the actual apartments, in particular the sizing and positioning of windows, played second fiddle to architectural formalist facade games. I assume Hejduk didn’t reckon on the visual impact of satellite dishes, a de rigeur feature of social housing. But anyway, I’m no expert on his work, so can only respond as I find here.” (Kreuzberg Tower, architectureinberlin)
Clearly, the object was to make a cat face on the right-hand building.
ReplyDeleteLol @ Tapirgal. Perhaps it's the blue sky that makes it look good?
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