Interwar exhibitional housing estates of Werkbund in Europe as a cultural Monument

Abstract

The article addresses the history, development and conservation of the Werkbund exhibitional estates in Europe. Specifically, these are six housing estates built between 1927-1932 in Stuttgart, Brno, Wrocław, Zürich, Vienna and Prague as part of exhibitions of modern living.

The aim is to compare the development in individual cities and above all their preservation and the way of conservation and restoration.

Keywords

• exhibitional housing estate – functionalism – Werkbund – Czechoslovak Werkbund – monument preservation – preservation of interwar architecture – conservation of interwar architecture