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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instanceOf Bauhaus housing project
housing estate
modernist residential complex
architect Walter Gropius NERFINISHED
architecturalMovement Bauhaus NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Modernism
associatedWith New Objectivity NERFINISHED
Weimar Republic architecture
social housing
buildingType row houses
terraced houses
category Bauhaus buildings NERFINISHED
Modernist architecture in Germany
Residential buildings completed in 1928
client City of Dessau NERFINISHED
constructionEnd 1928
constructionStart 1926
country Germany NERFINISHED
designFeature flat roofs
large garden plots
prefabricated building elements
standardized house types
strip windows
white plastered facades
hasPart Konsum building NERFINISHED
Laubenganghäuser NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Dessau-Roßlau NERFINISHED
Saxony-Anhalt
locationNeighborhood Törten district of Dessau NERFINISHED
materialUsed brick
reinforced concrete
namedAfter Törten NERFINISHED
numberOfDwellings approximately 300
originalIntendedResidents lower-income families
owner various private owners
partOf Bauhaus Dessau building ensemble NERFINISHED
planningPrinciple standardization and rationalization of construction
purpose affordable housing
mass housing experiment

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Dessau hasLandmark Törten Housing Estate