Over the following days, I took aimless city walks through the streets and alleys of Berlin. From the retro-futuristic Weltzeituhr (World Time Clock) in Alexanderplatz, to the towering Berlin TV Tower, and the monumental architecture lining Karl-Marx-Allee. Wandering through the remnants of East Berlin, you see a massive number of “Khrushchevki” (known in Germany as Plattenbau). Yet surprisingly, even today, the color schemes and spatial design of these standardized, industrial pre-fab buildings still feel comfortable, even refreshing.