Törten Housing Estate

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Törten Housing Estate is a modernist residential complex in Dessau, Germany, designed by Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius as an early experiment in affordable mass housing.

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Törten Housing Estate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bauhaus housing project ⓘ
housing estate ⓘ
modernist residential complex ⓘ
architect Walter Gropius ⓘ
architecturalMovement Bauhaus ⓘ
architecturalStyle Modernism ⓘ
associatedWith New Objectivity ⓘ
Weimar Republic architecture ⓘ
social housing ⓘ
buildingType row houses ⓘ
terraced houses ⓘ
category Bauhaus buildings ⓘ
linked to: Bauhaus architects

Modernist architecture in Germany ⓘ
Residential buildings completed in 1928 ⓘ
client City of Dessau ⓘ
linked to: Dessau
constructionEnd 1928 ⓘ
constructionStart 1926 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
designFeature flat roofs ⓘ
large garden plots ⓘ
prefabricated building elements ⓘ
standardized house types ⓘ
strip windows ⓘ
white plastered facades ⓘ
hasPart Konsum building ⓘ
Laubenganghäuser ⓘ
semi-detached houses ⓘ
single-family row houses ⓘ
hasTourismAttractionType architectural heritage site ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
inception 1926 ⓘ
influenced later social housing estates in Europe ⓘ
influencedBy functionalism in architecture ⓘ
industrial mass production ⓘ
locatedIn Dessau ⓘ
Dessau-Roßlau ⓘ
linked to: Dessau

Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
locationNeighborhood Törten district of Dessau ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
namedAfter Törten ⓘ
numberOfDwellings approximately 300 ⓘ
originalIntendedResidents lower-income families ⓘ
owner various private owners ⓘ
partOf Bauhaus Dessau building ensemble ⓘ
planningPrinciple standardization and rationalization of construction ⓘ
purpose affordable housing ⓘ
mass housing experiment ⓘ

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Dessau → hasLandmark → Törten Housing Estate ⓘ