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The Kleinhaus and the Politics of Localism in German Architecture and Planning, c. 1910
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Abstract As an antidote to the substandard tenement apartment, the ideal of the "small house" (Kleinhaus) was ubiquitous in housing debates in Germany before World War One. Denoting a modestly sized two-story family house aligned with the street, it had its origins in the Middle Ages, during which it was con... mehr
As an antidote to the substandard tenement apartment, the ideal of the "small house" (Kleinhaus) was ubiquitous in housing debates in Germany before World War One. Denoting a modestly sized two-story family house aligned with the street, it had its origins in the Middle Ages, during which it was constructed to serve the humble domestic needs of urban craftsmen who lived and worked in thriving trade cities including Lübeck, Bremen, Hamburg, Augsburg, Nuremberg, and Ulm. For modern promoters of low-density alternatives to the tenement, the Kleinhaus was an ideal model for mass appropriation. Unlike foreign and untranslatable dwelling models like the "villa" and the "cottage", the Kleinhaus conveyed something that was both urban and quintessentially Germanic. It was thus enlisted by housing reformers to strengthen local cultural identity whilst raising the standards of the nation's housing stock. This article examines the significance of the Kleinhaus in fostering dialogue between the fields of architecture and planning, and considers its embeddedness in a wider project of cultural nationalism in pre-war Germany.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Einfamilienhaus; Architektur; Wohnungsbau; lokale Faktoren; Nationalismus; interkulturelle Faktoren
Klassifikation
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Germany; Heimat; affordable housing; architectural typology; cottage; family; localism; nationalism; photography; urban design
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 254-266
Zeitschriftentitel
Urban Planning, 7 (2022) 1
Heftthema
The Terms of Dwelling: Re-Theorizing Housing Through Architecture
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)