New Frankfurt

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New Frankfurt was a pioneering 1920s modernist housing and urban planning project in Frankfurt, Germany, led by architect Ernst May and renowned for its functionalist design and social housing innovations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf housing estate program
modernist architecture movement
urban planning project
aimedAtSocialClass lower middle class
working class
architecturalStyle Functionalism NERFINISHED
Modernism NERFINISHED
country Germany NERFINISHED
designPrinciple flat roofs
functional floor plans
green spaces between blocks
light air sun
standardized building components
white plastered facades
endYear 1930
fundingModel municipal housing program
hasKeyFigure Ernst May NERFINISHED
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky NERFINISHED
Martin Elsaesser NERFINISHED
Walter Gropius (as intellectual influence) NERFINISHED
hasMainTheme social housing
standardized mass housing
urban planning
hasMember Ernst May NERFINISHED
heritageStatus parts protected as architectural heritage
includedEstate Bornheimer Hang NERFINISHED
Bruchfeldstraße NERFINISHED
Niederrad housing estate NERFINISHED
Römerstadt NERFINISHED
Westhausen NERFINISHED
influenced European social housing programs
Soviet urban planning of the 1930s
influencedBy Bauhaus NERFINISHED
Deutscher Werkbund NERFINISHED
initiatedBy City of Frankfurt NERFINISHED
introducedInnovation Frankfurt Kitchen NERFINISHED
kitchenDesigner Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky NERFINISHED
ledBy Ernst May NERFINISHED
locatedIn Frankfurt NERFINISHED
Hesse
mayorDuringProject Ludwig Landmann NERFINISHED
numberOfDwellingsBuilt approximately 15000
politicalContext Weimar Republic NERFINISHED
purpose alleviate housing shortage in Frankfurt
provide affordable, healthy housing
startYear 1925
timePeriod 1920s
usedConstructionMethod prefabrication
standardized floor plans

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Ernst May notableWork New Frankfurt