Berlin Pallasseum in Schöneberg – Watercolor Mug 330 ml

The illustration shows the large-scale residential complex with its most striking detail: a building section spanning Pallasstraße. Visible concrete, long balcony zones, open passages and lush urban greenery together form an architecture unmistakably from West Berlin's housing construction of the 1970s.

Instead of making the complex appear monumental, the watercolor illustration translates its clear forms into a surprisingly light urban scene. Soft gray, beige and green tones meet an open sky and fine lines. Trees, balconies and the street under the overpass also give the motif everyday life and scale.

Living above the street

The current residential complex was built between 1974 and 1977 and is one of the characteristic large housing projects of what was then West Berlin. Particularly unusual is the overpass of Pallasstraße and the neighboring high bunker. The complex comprises more than 500 apartments. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Thus, the Pallasseum stands for a time when architecture not only designed individual houses, but entire concepts of urban living. Generous building structures, traffic management and communally conceived living structures were to be combined in a dense urban space.

A neighborhood with many layers

The place itself has a complex history. The Berlin Sportpalast previously stood on the site. Later, the large residential complex was built here, which has received very different evaluations throughout its history. Today, the Pallasseum is at once a place of residence, an architectural testament and a formative part of northern Schöneberg. 

It is precisely this multi-layered nature that makes the motif exciting. It does not show an idealized postcard Berlin, but a piece of real city: inhabited, changed, discussed and perceived anew again and again.

330 ml of Berlin for people who look closely

The ceramic mug holds approx. 330 ml and is suitable for coffee, tea, cocoa or other hot drinks. The white background makes the restrained architectural colors and fine details of the illustration stand out particularly clearly.

As a gift, the mug is particularly suitable for Berlin connoisseurs, architecture enthusiasts, urban planners, fans of post-war modernism, former or current residents of Schöneberg and people who prefer to discover Berlin through its neighborhoods rather than its classic sights.

Each mug is made only after your order – as a small piece of Berlin's everyday architecture between Pallasstraße, housing history and urban life.