29 | Where there’s a villa, there’s a way
Illustration: Yves Haltner
Where there’s a villa, there’s a way. Boltzmann Strasse 3 — the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Biology — was the first building of Freie Universität. It is one of numerous villas in Dahlem that were used by various institutes of the university during the first decades, before new buildings could be constructed.
Sources and additional information
A book published in German in 2015, Großes Haus für Kleine Fächer – Von der Villenkultur zum neuen Campus der Freien Universität Berlin, describes the history of the university as reflected in its villas and other buildings.
- Website: Großes Haus für Kleine Fächer (in German)
- Book: Martina Schilling (Ed.): Freie Universität Berlin. Ein Architekturführer zu den Hochschulbauten, 2011, Braun Publishing AG (in German)