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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zupan, Daniela

Titel

De-constructing crisis: post-war modernist housing estates in West Germany and Austria

Ist Teil von

• Housing studies, 2021-05, Vol.36 (5), p.671-695

Ort / Verlag

Harlow: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article examines the crises of post-war modernist housing estates in West Germany and Austria, illuminating the key differences that emerged despite the strong similarities in terms of urban design and share in overall housing stock. With an analysis of the different framing and narration in the professional discourse between 1960 and 1990, the paper reveals that the estates served as a battleground for negotiating broader socio-political questions, resulting in different politizations of the estates. By deciphering the complex and partly contingent entanglements between the built form and politics, the paper contributes to research on post-war modernist housing estates and to the reassessment of these urban structures. It also enhances our understanding of the varied perceptions and performances of the 'same' built structures, thereby opening up new perspectives for the ongoing discussions about the revival of mass housing.