Vector Set “Zentrum Kreuzberg”
This vector set contains a total of 8 illustration files.
Satellite Dishes (16 vectors)
Berlin Dirt (3 vectors)
Streetart (20 vectors)
Wast (9 vectors, incl. cigarette butts)
Everything is his! (1 vector)
Bottle (1 vector)
Tree (2 vectors, 1 object leaves, 1 object tree)
Zentrum Kreuzberg (7 vectors)
+ Example postcard (1 vector)
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Things often seemed more peaceful from the 11th floor, than at ground level…
Rise, fag, coffee, Kotti “that’s his thing” – “everything is his!”
With the orange firmament in his back, he walked into the shadows of the “Kreuzberg Zentrum”, dropping by the supermarket sportsmanlike – to restock on cigarettes. In doing so he glanced casually at the crown of the massive and was overwhelmed by the vast grandeur of this Kreuzberg landmark of architectural perfection.
Almost sensual, he thought – and yet things often seemed more peaceful from the 11th floor, than at ground level, on the edge of the abyss, where you are directly confronted by all their quirks.
He nodded wordlessly to the eight homeless people at the entrance.
It wasn’t his intention to disturb them in their daily task as he vanished between the high shelving of the old retail store, that had become part of his life, that knew and nurtured him at any day – or night time.
Not one wasted step, he planted the bottle of Pilsener on the short belt, placed the pack of cigarettes next to it and jangled with the coins in his pocket. He was now fully equipped for this wonderful morning. All his needs had been satisfied and a perfect harmony found a way into his body – this was all a human being requires.
It has arrived so well in the present and has an urban sentiment, that could not have been preplanned!
The Zentrum Kreuzberg (“Neue Kreuzberger Zentrum” aka NKZ) was designed between 1969 and 1974 by the architects Wolfgang Jokisch and Johannes Uhl in the context of urban renewal of what was back then West-Berlin. The 9 to 11 storeys, half circle, concrete building is located directly at the Kottbusser Tor (Kotti) subway station in the Berlin Kreuzberg district and encompasses 367 apartments on about 15.000 sqm with around one thousand residents. The area around the Kottbusser Tor represents today diversity, neighbourship, participation, art, a idyllic hood, fully destructive and affectionate – so pretty much everything that makes up Berlin nowadays.
The Zentrum Kreuzberg in the seventies stood for the future of social housing, it had its ups and downs, and today typifies one of the most recognisable buildings of urban Kreuzberg. It is sometimes referred to as the “Gateway to the Berlin Nightlife” and houses among native Berliners also doctors, architects as well as artists.
The massive concrete building with a clear form – independent and indestructible!
“It has been repossessed by different generations… thus it has arrived so well in the present and has an urban sentiment, that could not have been preplanned!” this is the way architect Johannes Uhl expresses it in the documentary “Built Movement”.
Johannes Uhl (1935–2018) was an exceptional draughtsman, architect, jazz fan and was fascinated by the car brand Cadillac. More background on him and his work can be found in the documentaries “Built Movement” (Gebaute Bewegung) 2015 by Knut Klaßen, Carsten Krohn, Karsten Schubert and “Kobuto” 2016 (with Masen Khattab) by Peter Behrbohm.
