描述
Stuttgart’s Weissenhof colony had not even reached completionwhen in 1927 Werkbund architects in Breslau were already at workon plans for yet another model housing exhibition – thisone with the aim of advancing the idea of “New Building”in Silesia.Unlike the 1929 Stuttgart-Weissenhof exhibition which had attractedsuch luminaries as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, J.J.P. Oud,Peter Behrens and Mart Stam, there were no foreign architectsat the Breslau “Wohnung und Werkraum”[Living- and WorkSpace] show, labeled WUWA for short. Nonetheless, Hans Scharounand Adolf Rading, both associated with the progressive BreslauAcademy, provided spectacular projects of international import.But it was also the thoroughly modern building approach of TheoEffenberger, Moritz Hadda and Heim & Kempter that turned theWUWA into a major «New Building” manifesto which would,however, fall to obscurity in the postwar period.The catalogue is the first comprehensive publication on WerkbundsiedlungBreslau. The extensive illustrations section contains photos,plans and models of all buildings, some appearing in print forthe first time. The texts, written by field specialists, reviewthe planning phase and architectural history behind the WUWA,cover technological, landmark preservation and urban planningaspects and explain the importance of the Breslau Werkbundsiedlungfor the development of the modern movement.
