May - September 2014
I spotted
the first one in the evening sun, stared for a while and then had to cross the street to look closer. All
of them are large blocks, but with no sense of monotony, no matter their length.
A play of recesses and projections – as in Ollenhauer Straße, or just a perfect
layering of concrete, plastered wall and bricks – as at the Sonnenhof. There are
at least two types of bricks and something English about their minute use. It
was to England Weimar times, another lost talent for Germany
Wohnblock, Ollenhauerstr., Erwin Gutkind, 1927-28:
„Sonnenhof“, Marie Curie Allee, Erwin Gutkind, 1926/27:
Wohnanalage Thulestrasse; Erwin Gutkind, 1925-27:
