Urbanik, Jadwiga; Muzeum Architektury <Breslau> [Editor]: WUWA 1929 - 2009: the Werkbund exhibition in Wrocław (Wrocław: Muzeum Architektury we Wrocławiu, 2010)

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Urbanik, Jadwiga; Muzeum Architektury <Breslau> [Editor]
WUWA 1929 - 2009: the Werkbund exhibition in Wrocław — Wrocław: Muzeum Architektury we Wrocławiu, 2010

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Part 1 / Werkbund's model housing estates

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based on a very simple and economical layout, reflecting the Dutch home's tradition and the prin-

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depth. Only 1/3 of the original plan from 1929 was built. The buildings were strikingly simple and

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All buildings had flat roofs, simple geometric forms and light-coloured elevations set off by

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Like earlier in Karlsruhe and Basel, the estate's architectural form was restrained and simple and

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simple to save space and money. Most floor plans were also simplified for the sake of functionalism.

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the architect and design. The idea of collective approach and simple design, advocated by Oldrich

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employing simple means. All houses featured the family quarters on the ground floor and the pri-

Part 1 / New tendencies in domestic architecture in Europe in the 1920's and 1930's

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that did not fit into the simple, hygienic interior was eliminated. The architects envisioned the ideal

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design seemed more problematic than that of the simple detached house, the steel frame construc-

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niture: furnishings designed by architects were simple, functional, and hygienic. Using sequentially

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With its simple forms and absence of decoration, the new style in domestic architecture that

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a straightforward approach to materials and construction, human scale, simple geometric volumes

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developments in Wroclaw and its vicinity (Klecina, Oltaszyn, Prudnik, Boleslawiec). He designed utterly simple buildings enlivened by color

Part 1 / The Wohnung und Werkraum (Living and Work Space) Werkbund exhibition in Wroclaw

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access road, and behind them the number of storeys gradually decreased, with simple, two-storey houses with pitched roofs occupying the

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purposes of the exhibition several simple pavilions were put up on the exhibition grounds.

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churches (Schrotholzkirche) which were designed by architects and craftsmen. Their forms were simple, the materials of good quality, mostly

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for simple furniture pieces in bright vivid colours.

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The interiors of Effenberger's buildings (Nos. 21,22, 26-27) were furnished with simple but heavi-

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and its reliance on simple, geometrical forms, in fact presented a more complex phenomenon. Func- … involved developing a simple, optimal layout which was subsequently elaborated on ("solved") in

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row-houses (Nos. 9-22). Their simple volumetric shapes were deprived of any decoration: the build-

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acter and multifarious sources of inspiration. A predilection for simple forms motivated his design

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simple forms and anxious disregard ofthe principles of geometry instead of accepting them as the

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404 The colour design of the lobby and restaurant in Scharoun's building (No. 31) recalls the spirit of Expressionism. Bright hues and simple

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The functional solutions and simple architecture of the detached houses by Theo Effenberger … sented furniture for its simple forms, quality materials and dimensions appropriate for small rooms.506

Part 1 / Summary

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design. It featured home as well as public gardens: mostly simple, geometrical layouts, co-ordinated

Part II / Catalogue of buildings of the WUWA model housing estate

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The building (45 m long, 10 m wide, 11 m high), of a simple cubic form, was economical and functional,

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simple, its layout very functional. Thonet furniture (Mundus line) was used. A playground was arranged

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form was very simple and unassuming with its flat roof corresponding to the nearby structures. The

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light. Storage rooms were shared. The building's architectural form was extremely simple: it comprised … building had a very simple structure covered with a flat roof.

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Kindergarten for 60 children

Lavatories and facilities were located around the entrance hall. The building's architectural form was
simple, its layout very functional. Thonet furniture (Mundus line) was used. A playground was arranged
on the adjacent lot.
CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN:
The building burnt down in 2006.
TECHNICAL CONDITION: the building completely destroyed.
NUMBER AND DATE OF ENTRY IN THE REGISTER OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS:
not listed

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