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23.12.2024

LiMa - garden planning - Herman Hertzberger

The LiMa courtyard The paths lead to the center of the courtyard garden in a radial pattern. This creates several spaces that take on different shapes through planting and lawns in the style of Renaissance garden art. In the center, the architect planned a sandpit, a fountain  and a pergola. 1984 The LiMa front gardens […]

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22.12.2024

LiMa - courtyard - the mosaic - Akelei Hertzberger

  The sandpit with the mosaic The mosaics on the outside and inside of the rounded sandpit edge and the mosaic walkway tiles were created as a joint effort by LiMa residents under the guidance of Akelei Hertzberger (Amsterdam). The floor mosaics in the sandpit were created by Akelei Hertzberger.  

22.12.2024

LiMa - courtyard fountain - LiMa Monster - Frieda Ysebaert

The courtyard fountain – The LiMa Monster – The sculpture was planned by the architect as a water fountain and was designed and built by Frieda Ysebaert (Amsterdam) as a fountain and play figure for children. The Elephant Head Fountain by the Italian architect and painter Giovanni da Udine (1487-1564)  

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22.12.2024

LiMa - Courtyard - Pergola -

The pergola In its origins, the pergola is a space-creating colonnade that originally connected the house to the terrace. Its history goes back to antiquity. It was rediscovered in garden design during the Renaissance. In the LiMa courtyard garden it also serves as a climbing aid for plants and sun protection over the sandpit for […]

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20.12.2024

LiMa - front yard - north - the habitat with the neighboring house

LiMa – front garden – north – with the neighboring courtyard garden With its adjacent bird hedges and trees of the neighboring farm, the northern front garden of LiMa is an oasis for wildlife. For decades, habitats for starlings, sparrows and blackbirds, kestrels, rabbits and foxes have developed here.

20.12.2024

LiMa - front yard - west - Markgrafenstrasse

LiMa – front garden – west – Markgrafenstrasse – The mixture of trees, hedges and perennials were cultivated over decades by self-builders. Over the decades of adaptation, habitats for birds and insects had formed in the dense protection of the undergrowth. The exemplary greening in southern Friedrichstadt (urban ecology) created by the IBA Berlin 1987 […]

20.12.2024

LiMa - front yards - west - Rondel - Markgrafenstrasse

LiMa – front garden – west – rondel – Markgrafenstrasse  

20.12.2024

LiMa - front yard - southwest - new jerusalem church

LiMa front garden – southwest – at the New Jerusalem church planting of a wild herb bed with lemon balm, sage and peppermint, that reproduces itself.

20.12.2024

LiMa - front yard - west - New jerusalem church - Markgrafenstrasse

LiMa front garden – southwest – Markgrafenstrasse  – with the japanese cherry and boxwood

20.12.2024

LiMa - front yard - south - New jerusalem church - Lindenstrasse

LiMa front garden – south – Lindenstrasse avec lilas blanc et violet. There is a small gate to the New Jerusalem Church, which connects us with our neighbor.

20.12.2024

LiMa - front yard - south-east - architecural price - Lindenstrasse

LiMa front gardens – south-east – Lindenstrasse – characterized by roses and barberry bushes – on the wall of the house on the right the architectural angle, a remnant of the award of the first Berlin Architecture Prize in 1989.

20.12.2024

LiMa - front yard - east - Lindenstrasse

LiMa front garden – east – Lindenstrasse robinia and lime trees determine the climate here

20.12.2024

LiMa - courtyard - front yard - north-east

LiMa courtyard – front garden – north-east Roses, forythia, the pipe bush and lavender grow in the barren soil to the north. The backfilled soil in the northern area of the courtyard garden is exhausted after 40 years.

20.12.2024

LiMa - courtyard - front yard-north

LiMa – courtyard – frontgarden – north – lilac, palmlily, cypress trees and wine are predominant here

20.12.2024

LiMa courtyard - west - tower -

LiMa – courtyard – front garden north – the tower – the cedar, the cork willow,  and the cherry laurel dominate the area to the west. The path to the tower north-west is flanked by white lilacs and jasmine. All the plants show signs of disease, ageing and stress due to drought and lack of […]

20.12.2024

LiMa - courtyard - west - the hill -

LiMa courtyard – west – the hill The hill is characterized by a gently rising meadow, which was created by backfilling. There is a cherry tree at its highest point. The courtyard garden is largely created by filling in earth on the underground parking garage. Thanks to its artful planning and knowledgeable cultivation, this garden […]

20.12.2024

LiMa - courtyard - south -

LiMa – courtyard – south – with cypress, honeysuckle, spirea and hazelnut. In the south east part of the courtyard garden there is natural ground.In spring, pink columbines and blue wild hyacinths bloom in the meadow near the house wall, planted decades ago.

20.12.2024

LiMa - Courtyard - south - east -

LiMa courtyard – south – east – slightly shaded by light purple summer lilac – the gate to the southeast –

20.12.2024

LiMa - courtyard - east - playtower -

LiMa courtyard – east – the play tower  – on the right –  was acquired in 1986

20.12.2024

LiMa - selfbuilder as cultivators -

To this day, we work with the inventive self-builders who once cultivated the gardens of LiMa Wild poppy, columbine and dyer’s chamomile, borage, marigold and yellow anemone. Plant seeds sent to us by the self-builders for the LiMa gardens. The little wild strawberry also arrived in a special train. They all made their home in […]