A piece of history – heritage-listed studio house at Schönholzer Heide

Property Information A unique piece – This listed studio house on a spacious property impresses with plenty of space and even more potential. With a total of six rooms on three levels and an additional, spacious daylight studio, you can create your individual refuge of self-realization here. Building & Architecture • Built in 1951 - Part of the listed “Intelligence Settlement 3” in Niederschönhausen • Individual monument, integrated into an urban ensemble of significant importance • Brick masonry with modern architectural charm • Studio building with impressive ceiling heights of up to approx. 4.66 m • Roof with steep and flat pitches, renovated and insulated around 1998 • Six chimneys offer various usage possibilities • Windows from the year 1993 • Generous, covered terrace and large garden area • Open-air studio – ideal for creative use • Partially basement • Garage from the 1970s Interior Features • Original terrazzo floor in hallway and kitchen • Guest toilet on the ground floor • Gas heating, central, installed in the late 1990s • All utilities (electricity, water, sewage, gas) are connected Historical Background • After 1945, targeted housing construction for members of the “Intelligentsia” – scientists, technicians, and artists in the Soviet Occupation Zone Location & Typology • In Pankow-Niederschönhausen and Köpenick, three settlements with a total of 93 houses were built from April 1949 Significance & Function • Retention of skilled workers through better housing conditions • Symbol of progress and improved living of the “class-conscious intelligentsia” • Deviation from mass housing construction towards higher quality houses for a specific target group After 1961 & Current Significance • After 1961, the experimental character of the settlements ended, they were preserved and shape the Berlin cityscape as testimony to a special phase of residential and urban construction history in East Berlin