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Hufeisensiedlung in Berlin, Germany

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Hufeisensiedlung in Berlin, Germany
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In the south of Berlin, beyond the tourist orbit of Mitte and Kreuzberg, a quiet residential district curves around a long pond. From above, its shape reveals itself: a monumental horseshoe, enclosing green space like an architectural embrace. This is the Hufeisensiedlung/“Horseshoe Estate” - one of the most ambitious social housing experiments of the 20th century.
Built between 1925 and 1933 during the final years of the Weimar Republic, the estate was designed by architect Bruno Taut alongside

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