Uploaded on 2015-05-04 by Kastas

**Invisible:** 1. Concrete slab construction shows that the building was built around 1970s (1977) 2. many satellite antennas means many immigrants (needed to watch tv channels from non-EU countries). **Many immigrants:** This building is called “Pallasseum” and it is located in Western Berlin in the district of Schöneberg. It was designed by Jürgen Sawade as a social block of flats. There are 514 flats and over 1500 people living there. Before 2003 it was one of the most run-down areas of the city. In this building particularly lots of poor immigrants were placed. In the close neighbourhood one could see drug dealers and hear gun shots, the prostitutes sold their bodies at the surrounding street corners. In 1998 there were plans to demolish Pallasseum but the inhabitants raised objections. As the consequence the building was renovated for over 3 million euros. A special social programme was started to bring identity to the place. There are cafes and meeting points. Once a month a Kurdish-Turkich women meeting is organised. Young tenants play rap music. During football World Cup in 2006, from the balconies billowed national flags of the inhabitants, which made in interesting statement (25 different nations). Before lots of flats were empty- now there is a line to the renting office. There are almost no Germans living there, though. It is important to recognise such places and to start changing them (in Berlin many neighbourhoods are gentrified and people who cannot afford to live there are forced to leave). Through public participation and workshops with inhabitants it is possible to weave social buildings into urban fabric, to make their tenants happy and the neighbourhood attractive (the shops and restaurants around Pallasseum became very popular meeting points among German youth and young professionals as well as gay and lesbian community). [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14307264167441574.jpg