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Reinterpreting Existenzminimum in Contemporary Affordable Housing Solutions
Urban Planning, 2019 During the housing crisis of the 1920s, the German concept Existenzminimum (minimum dwelling) was developed and applied to the construction of public social housing. It was considered a design laboratory, where research, design, and experimentation would
Sara Brysch
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Between Rationalization and Political Project: The Existenzminimum from Klein and Teige to Today
Urban Planning, 2019 A critical reflection on the II CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne; in Frankfurt, 1929) should not limit itself to a purely historiographic reconstruction.
Marson Korbi, Andrea Migotto
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Urban Planning, 2019 CIAM, the Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne, founded by a coalition of European architects in 1928, was an international forum for new ideas about the urban design of housing and cities in an emerging socialist context.
Eric Mumford
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Contested Architecture: The ‘Woba’ Residential Colony in Basel, 1930
Urban Planning, 2019 In 1930, a housing exhibition called ‘Woba’ took place in the city of Basel. Unique for Switzerland, the commercial aspect of the furniture industry was complemented by a newly constructed residential colony.
Rhea Rieben
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The Modern Project: A Research Hypothesis
Urban Planning, 2019 The project of the industrial modern city comprises many heterogeneous paths and stories, in particular those regarding the CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne) Functional City.
Paola Viganò
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Does the Homogeneous City Belong to the Past?
Urban Planning, 2019 As the case of Paris embodies, a whole culture of the European city has built its identity and organized the collective life of its inhabitants on the idea of homogeneity.
Valentin Bourdon
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New Perspectives on the II CIAM onwards: How Does Housing Build Cities?
Urban Planning, 2019 Far from nostalgically celebrate the 90th anniversary of the second CIAM, which indeed opened in October 1929 in Frankfurt, the present issue is intended as collective work, a springboard which aims to widen the debate over housing experiences beyond ...
Alessandro Porotto, Chiara Monterumisi
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CIAM Goes East: The Inception of Tehran’s Typical Housing Unit
Urban Planning, 2019 The aftermath of WWII not only marked the beginning of a new geopolitical order but also once again brought discourses of architecture and planning back to the frontline of the confrontations between the West and the Soviet blocs.
Hamed Khosravi
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International Insolvency Review, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 48-70, Spring 2025.Abstract The Swiss personal bankruptcy procedure today bears a striking resemblance to the 2000‐year‐old ancient Roman form of debt relief called cessio bonorum. But not for long. Switzerland is finally ready to join its European neighbors in abandoning this outmoded Roman approach to overindebtedness, modernizing its personal insolvency law to make ...
Jason J. Kilborn
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