Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (german: Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne) is a
World Heritage Site designated in 2008, comprising six separate
subsidized housing
Subsidized housing is government sponsored economic assistance aimed towards alleviating housing costs and expenses for impoverished people with low to moderate incomes. In the United States, subsidized housing is often called "affordable housin ...
estates in
Berlin. Dating mainly from the years of the
Weimar Republic (1919–1933), when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive socially, politically and culturally, they are outstanding examples of the building reform movement that contributed to improving housing and living conditions for people with low incomes through innovative approaches to architecture and urban planning.
The estates also provide exceptional examples of new urban and architectural typologies, featuring fresh design solutions, as well as technical and aesthetic innovations.
Bruno Taut
Bruno Julius Florian Taut (4 May 1880 – 24 December 1938) was a renowned German architect, urban planner and author of Prussian Lithuanian heritage ("taut" means "nation" in Lithuanian). He was active during the Weimar period and is know ...
,
Martin Wagner and
Walter Gropius were among the leading architects of these projects which exercised considerable influence on the development of housing around the world.
List of Housing Estates
See also
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Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
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New Frankfurt, Frankfurt 1925–1932
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Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart 1927
Further reading
* Hasple, Jörg; Jaeggi, Annemarie (eds.) (2007) ''Housing Estates in the Berlin Modern Style'' (2nd ed.). Berlin/Munich:
Deutscher Kunstverlag.
* Landesdenkmalamt (ed.) (2009) ''Berlin Modernism Housing Estates'' (English and German edition). Salenstein, Switzerland: Braun Publishing.
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External links
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates : UNESCO Official WebsiteBerlin Modernism Housing Estates on visitBerlin.deDaily Drone
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