Germany - Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf - extension of the WHS "Berlin Modernism Housing Estates"

The Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf is proposed for inscription as an extension and seventh component to the existing World Heritage Site "Berlin Modernism Housing Estates" (ID No. 1230-001-006, inscribed 2008). It represents a significant link to the six World Heritage Sites inscribed thus far, as it shares their characteristics and strengthens the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) as already defined. The Waldsiedlung was built between 1926 and 1932 by the Gemeinnützige Heimstätten-, Spar- und Bau-Aktiengesellschaft (GEHAG) and covers an area of 34.46 ha. Built in seven construction phases, the estate was designed by Bruno Taut, Hugo Häring and Otto Rudolf Salvisberg on the basis of an urban design plan by Bruno Taut. Taut also designed the majority of the total of 1915 residential units, which were constructed as multi-storey apartment buildings and single-family terraced houses (construction sections I, III-VII). The terraced houses in the south-western area (construction phase II) were designed by Otto Rudolf Salvisberg, while Hugo Häring was responsible for the central southern area (construction phases I, II). Leberecht Migge and Martha Willings-Göhre were involved in the development and design of the estate as landscape architects. The architects involved in the planning and implementation of the Waldsiedlung were among the most prominent protagonists of the modern housing reform movement, which had a decisive influence on housing construction in Berlin and beyond.