is probably the most poetic name associated with a building. following a competition in 1980, the architect Alvaro Siza has received his first commission abroad for a building in Kreuzberg, Berlin. the building of mixed use - commercial on the street level and 6 residential floors above, was designed with the goal of restoring an urban block, inhabited mainly by immigrants, on the corner between Schlesischestrasse and Falchensteinstrasse. it has a facade that combines a respect to the alignments of the existing buildings and a curved wall surfaces. the angle of the block is marked by sharp canopy and a pillar and the floor plans are inspired by the expressionist architecture in Berlin, in particular of Scharoun and Mendelsohn.the graffiti 'Bonjour Tristesse', the name of a novel written by Segan (1954), was added later on top of the curved angle and it is still there.
the source and other information: Berlino - Un secolo di Architettura moderna
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