33 Detached house no. 28 with garages, designed by Emil Lange. Fig. Łukasz Magdziarz and Dr Jadwiga Urbanik (projections)
The exhibition in the Trade Hall presented information about the process of building design and construction, new materials (non-ferrous metals, wood, iron and steel, natural and artificial glass, wall and floor coverings and fabrics), paints and colours, new construction methods and construction equipment, lighting, finishing treatments for the flats, interior design, furniture, and utility objects used in a household. Additionally, prototype office interiors and work spaces for an architect, an engineer, a doctor and a lawyer were introduced. There were also example interiors, kitchens, dining rooms, bedrooms, living rooms and whole flats following the principles of ”Existentzminimum” using a surface area of about
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The main source of information presented in this chapter is the original WuWA exhibition catalogue. Wohnung und Werkraum Werkbundausstellung in Breslau 1929 vom 15. Juni bis 15. September, Ausstellungs – Führer, Breslau 1929. cf. Werkbundausstellung ”Wohnung und Werkraum”, ”Schlesisches Heim”, vol. 6, 1928, pp. 286–287. In 1913, there was an exhibition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Nations for which Max Berg designed the famous Centennial Hall (Jahrhunderthale). Siedlungsgenossenschaft ”Eichborngarten” G.m.b.H.
40 m2. In the exhibition building by Hans Poelzig one could see the history of a flat and housing estate developments in different countries (namely: Argentina, Denmark, Great Britain, France, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and Poland), new ways of developing urban green areas, comparisons to foreign achievements (specifically in: Switzerland, Holland, France, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Denmark and the USA), and green-area developments in Wrocław. A few other exhibitions took place in the Centennial Hall, namely: an international exhibition of the German Werkbund called ”Neues Bauen”, a University of Technology exhibition, a Wrocław Housing Cooperative exhibition ”Eichborngarten”54, and a Bauhaus exhibition from Dessau.
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