Building of the quarter, initially named Britz-Buckow-Rudow and projected in a modernist style by Walter Gropius,[2] ended in 1960.

In Berlin, Gropius also projected the Sommerfeld House, the Interbau and the Großsiedlung Siemensstadt quarter.

[3] It became infamous as the place in which the German writer Christiane F. lived from childhood to adolescence,[4] author of the novel "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo".

Located in the south-eastern suburbs of Berlin, a short section of Gropiusstadt borders on to Schönefeld, a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg.

Gropiusstadt is served by 4 U-Bahn stations, all located on the U7 line: Johannisthaler Chaussee, Lipschitzallee, Wutzkyallee and Zwickauer Damm.