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Weekend House Project, Plan and Elevation, 1939
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Artist | Paul Schweikher |
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Temporal Coverage | 1935 |
| Description | The second meeting of the European Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) in 1929 was devoted to exploring a standardized minimum dwelling for the working class, capitalizing on current research on the industrial rationalization of housing production. CIAM architect Walter Gropius theorized that the world was rapidly moving from an individualist to a more collective society in which most domestic functions would be centralized in community buildings. In the United States, this idea translated into the ideal of providing single-family houses for every family. Schweikher experimented with different models for low-cost housing in the 1930s. This plan for a minimum house reflects Schweikher's absorption of European ideals, as well as the burgeoning American interest in the small suburban house. [A work made of pencil and ink on tracing paper.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
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| Use Rights URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Architectural Drawings 20th Century Architecture Design Drawing Elevation Plan Ink Tracing Paper Artworks Architecture and Design |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |
| Object Type | Drawing Architecture |
