On Stralau peninsula – with water on three sides, old trees, and only ten minutes from the busy, throbbing centre of Berlin – 125 flats with 2-5 rooms are being built between Fischzug, Glasbläserallee and Krachtstrasse. The substantial volume of 19,600 sq m of gross floor area is distributed over 13 individual houses which are clearly distinct from each other by their appearance: Protrusions and setbacks, a lively roof silhouette and terraces, loggias and balconies give each and every building its plasticity. Individually designed door elements make every 2-storey entrance an unmistakable address. Themes from the direct neighbourhood such as waves, reeds, fish scales, rush plants, blown glass and fish baskets create a link between the houses and their surroundings. Balconies with undersides painted in colour, as the boats on the shore used to be in old times, are a reference to the history of the "small water city".