Dessau-Törten housing estate

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Bauhaus architecture housing estate modernist residential development social housing project

The Dessau-Törten housing estate is a pioneering modernist residential development in Dessau, Germany, designed in the 1920s as a large-scale social housing project associated with the Bauhaus movement.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bauhaus architecture → housing estate → modernist residential development → social housing project →
architect	Walter Gropius →
architecturalMovement	Bauhaus →
architecturalStyle	Modernism → Neues Bauen →
associatedWith	Bauhaus school →
category	Bauhaus housing estate → Modernist housing estate in Germany →
client	City of Dessau →
constructionEnd	1928 →
constructionStart	1926 →
country	Germany →
designFeature	flat roofs → prefabricated building elements → private gardens → row houses → standardized house types →
developer	Stadt Dessau →
endDate	1928 →
hasMuseumFunction	yes →
hasPart	Konsum building Dessau-Törten → Laubenganghäuser Dessau-Törten → Steel House Dessau →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site component →
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau →
locatedIn	Dessau → Dessau-Roßlau → Germany → Saxony-Anhalt NERFINISHED →
notableFor	experimental mass housing → functionalist design → industrialized building methods → pioneering modernist social housing →
numberOfDwellings	approximately 300 →
projectLeader	Walter Gropius →
purpose	affordable housing → social housing →
region	Central Germany →
significantBuildingMaterial	brick → reinforced concrete →
startDate	1926 →
timePeriod	Weimar Republic →
touristAttraction	yes →
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	1996 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hannes Meyer ("Laubenganghäuser Dessau-Törten") → Walter Gropius →	notableWork
Dessau-Törten housing estate ("Bauhaus housing estate") →	category
Dessau-Törten housing estate ("Laubenganghäuser Dessau-Törten") →	hasPart
Deutscher Werkbund ("Werkbund Siedlung Stuttgart") →	hasSubOrganization