COMMON HOUSING FUTURES

Next year marks the 100th anniversary of Neues Frankfurt, a project that was realized based on the vision of a future where new technologies, typologies but also social economies would provide for adequate housing for the many. This semester we will examine such mass housing concepts as a phenomenon of the 20th century, their shortcomings, but also their benefits, architectural expression, tools such as repetition and standardization. If new building technologies such as reinforced concrete and prefabricated elements enabled the building of mass housing in the 20th century, and if reduction of load bearing elements gave way to more freedom of design back then, we want to project into the future: What offers itself as “new” in housing today with regards to the social and the ecological crisis at the same time? What are the contemporary architectural and economic tools with which we can re-design affordable housing for the many?

The students‘ work will be exhibited as part of „Yes, we care! Das Neue Frankfurt und die Frage nach dem Gemeinwohl“, on the occasion of 100 Years of Neues Frankfurt at Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt.

During the project week we visit the famed sites of New Frankfurt housing production as well as the contemporary efforts to broaden the understanding of what it means to advocate for housing rights and the (re-)design of new models for collective housing.

In cooperation with andpartnersincrime and Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, supported by Mieter helfen Mietern Frankfurt e.V. and ernst-may-gesellschaft e.V.

Students are encouraged to combine the studio with the research studio “LEARNING FROM NEUES FRANKFURT”.
Study trip to Frankfurt: 4.-6.11.2024

Vertical Studio Project
12 ECTS
FB06.507
Teaching: Gabu Heindl, Iva Marčetić