Siemensstadt Large Housing Estate

The Siemensstadt large housing estate, also known as Ring Settlement, was constructed in the 1930s by Walter Gropius, Otto Bartning and other architectures. The settlement was originally used to create small apartments for low-income employees working for Siemens’ nearby electric company. All the rooms had a lot in common with standard apartment layout and uniform room sizes. At the time, a lot of public housing projects were produced under government cooperative Gehag sponsorships. Siemensstadt was constructed by a private housing cooperative. The shape of the settlement was a turning point in urban thinking too. It had individual gardens and favored much denser multi-story apartment blocks. Located in Berlin, the Ring settlement is now a nonprofit residential community.