A Legacy of Arne Jacobsen’s visionary contributions to the Hansaviertel is the Arne Jacobsen Bungalow.
In Berlin's Hansaviertel neighbourhood, Händelallee, the architect Arne Jacobsen has built four atrium houses side by side in an east-west direction.
The three western houses with almost identical floor plans each have a living space of 140 square metres. The Atriumhouse in the corner has no garden and is smaller.
This courtyard, the "room in the green", determines the floor plan of these houses
and the incoming light. the rooms are arranged in a U-shape around the courtyard.
The kitchen-diner with large windows overlooking the courtyard, the bathroom and bedroom and the large living room, behind which the garden extends across the entire width of the room. The flats are acoustically shielded from the street by a wall furniture system. The gardens are surrounded by a wall that separates them from the neighbouring properties. The houses are built from Siporex lightweight panels and clad with coloured panels. On the north side, horizontal teak louvres conceal the ventilation openings behind them. The doors are made of wood, painted dark blue and fitted with specially designed door fittings.
The residents of this Atrium house moved in after completion and still live there
today. Their bungalow has not been altered and the furniture is all from that time.
The Furniture they bought is from the designers of that time, like Marcel Breuer, Le
Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.
A relationship has grown between the owners and the bungalow. They don’t see
themselves as residents or owners, but as protecting this heritage of timeless and
thoughtful design and architecture.
Furniture includes LC5F sofa from Le Corbusier, Wassily Chairs and a Sidetable
from Marcel Breuer, Lamp PH50 by Poul Hennigsen, Lamp Arne Jacobsen, MR10
Chair by Mies van der Rohe and many more.
