Rundling
Lößnig, Germany
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The Rundling, a circular housing estate in the Lößnig neighborhood of Leipzig, Germany, was built in 1929–30 by architect and city planner Hubert Ritter to address acute housing shortages. Comprising 24 row houses arranged in three concentric rings with a diameter of 300 meters, the complex exemplifies the New Objectivity style and ideals of Weimar modernism. Ritter emphasized the hilltop setting by making the inner ring four stories tall rather than three, while organizing traffic through two perpendicular axes and side entrances. The western entrance features neighborhood shops, and the 624 apartments follow eleven floor-plan variations, each carefully oriented to maximize natural light and avoid north-facing living rooms. The central Siegfriedplatz, designed by city garden director Nikolaus Molzen, included a children's paddling pool. Despite encountering municipal resistance over the flat-roof design—which Ritter successfully defended on cost grounds—the complex was substantially damaged during World War II and underwent partial reconstruction in 1965–66.
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- Lößnig, Germany
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