Walls to building green housing tumble in Berlin

By Clay Lucas
Updated April 8 2016 - 4:13pm, first published 2:00pm
Berlin architect Philipp Koch. Photo: Clay Lucas
Berlin architect Philipp Koch. Photo: Clay Lucas

Meet architect Philipp Koch. Here he is, looking pleased, living a life that most of us can only dream of. He is standing on the rooftop garden of the stunning five-level wooden apartment block he and 12 other families developed together in the gentrifying Berlin suburb of Pankow. It's beautiful. It's green. It's well built. And it's affordable. How is it even possible?

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