HOUSING | Logements collectifs (18 September - 2 November 2018)

The exhibition HOUSING, inaugurated at EPFL on 18 September 2018 at the start of the academic year, examines the housing policies implemented during the inter-war period—a central focus of the Laboratory of Construction and Conservation’s research and teaching activities. The exhibition concentrates on three European cities that played a pivotal role in this context: Frankfurt, Vienna, and Stockholm. While the housing experiments carried out in these cities are well documented from a historical perspective, they remain less explored in terms of architectural analysis. These case studies encapsulate, at once, the social dynamics, cultural context, and political agendas that shaped them. Organized into five thematic sections (density, urban policies, typological assemblages, dwelling types, and one-room scale models) the exhibition adopts a comparative perspective, supported by detailed quantitative data and photos. Critical re-drawings at multiple scales, together with the overall design of the comparative plates, were produced by Chiara Monterumisi (Stockholm) and Alessandro Porotto (Vienna and Frankfurt). The one-room models were created by bachelor students under their supervision. In addition to the forty meters of plates, the three co-curators (Ortelli, Monterumisi, Porotto) prepared an accompanying catalogue. This publication includes a selection of contemporary essays written during the years when housing policies were being developed in the three cities, as well as four taxonomic plates illustrating the typological assemblages and dwellings presented in the large-scale exhibition panels. FRANKFURT May, E. (1930) "La politique de l’habitation à Francfort-sur-le-Mein". L’architects [French reduced version of the original article published in Das Neue Frankfurt n° 2-3 (1930)] WIEN Gemeinde Wien (1926) "La politique de la Municipalité de Vienne en matière de logement" [published also alter in Tafuri M. (1981) "Vienne la rouge"] STOCKHOLM W. Childs, M. (1936) "Low cost housing". In "Sweden the middle way" | Johansson, A. (1938) "Social housing policy in Sweden". The Annals, Social problems and policies in Sweden, 197, 5 Markelius, S. (1957) "Swedish land policy". In Kidder Smith, "Sweden builds" Wallander S. (1949) "What is H.S.B., and how does it work". In Svenska Arkitekters Riksforbund (ed.) "Ten lectures on Swedish architecture"

La mostra HOUSING, inaugurata all’EPFL il 18 settembre 2018 in occasione dell’apertura dell’anno accademico, indaga le politiche abitative sviluppate nel periodo tra le due guerre – un ambito che costituisce uno dei principali assi di ricerca e insegnamento del Laboratorio di Costruzione e Conservazione. L’esposizione si concentra su tre città europee che hanno avuto un ruolo cruciale in questo contesto: Francoforte, Vienna e Stoccolma. Sebbene le sperimentazioni abitative condotte in queste città siano ampiamente documentate da un punto di vista storico, esse risultano meno indagate sotto il profilo dell’analisi architettonica. I casi studio selezionati restituiscono l’intreccio tra dinamiche sociali, contesto culturale e programmi politici che ne hanno guidato la realizzazione. Articolata in cinque sezioni tematiche (densità, politiche urbane, aggregazioni tipologiche, tipologie di alloggi e modelli in scala di singole unità ) la mostra adotta una prospettiva comparativa, supportata da dati quantitativi dettagliati e fotografie. I ridisegni critici a diverse scale, così come l’elaborazione complessiva delle tavole comparative, sono stati curati da Chiara Monterumisi (Stoccolma) e Alessandro Porotto (Vienna e Francoforte), mentre i modelli in scala delle singole unità sono stati realizzati da studenti del bachelor sotto la loro supervisione. Accanto ai quaranta metri di tavole espositive, i tre co-curatori (Ortelli, Monterumisi e Porotto) hanno realizzato un catalogo che raccoglie una selezione di saggi coevi, redatti negli anni in cui si definivano le politiche abitative nelle tre città, insieme a quattro tavole tassonomiche che illustrano le aggregazioni tipologiche e le unità abitative presentate nei grandi pannelli della mostra. FRANKFURT May, E. (1930) "La politique de l’habitation à Francfort-sur-le-Mein". L’architects [French reduced version of the original article published in Das Neue Frankfurt n° 2-3 (1930)] WIEN Gemeinde Wien (1926) "La politique de la Municipalité de Vienne en matière de logement" [published also alter in Tafuri M. (1981) "Vienne la rouge"] STOCKHOLM W. Childs, M. (1936) "Low cost housing". In "Sweden the middle way" | Johansson, A. (1938) "Social housing policy in Sweden". The Annals, Social problems and policies in Sweden, 197, 5 Markelius, S. (1957) "Swedish land policy". In Kidder Smith, "Sweden builds" Wallander S. (1949) "What is H.S.B., and how does it work". In Svenska Arkitekters Riksforbund (ed.) "Ten lectures on Swedish architecture"