On a home visit in the crocodile’s belly
A quarter of the new Krokodil building in Lokstadt is managed by the tenants themselves. They show the public how they live on guided tours.
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Gesewo offers a total of 71 apartments in the Krokodil, from 2.5-room apartments to large shared apartments.
Photo: Madeleine Schoder
The low entrance to the six-storey facade of the “Crocodile” is like a mouse hole. It leads to the apartments in the EinViertel building of the Gesewo housing association. Despite the pouring rain, you want to turn right right away.
Fortunately, you don’t follow the impulse. Because behind the massive door there is a high entrance zone that turns into a living room. It is stylistically equipped with comfortable seating furniture, and an oriental carpet over the red-brown floor tiles makes the ambience even more homely. In the adjoining playroom there is a pool table and a table football pitcher. An open library with newspapers and magazines and a café-bar complete the mix of contact and community-promoting offers.
