#dysfunctional plans

The Narkomfin Building in Moscow (1928-29): a Built Experiment on Everyday Life

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The Narkomfin Building (Dom Narkomfin) in Moscow was designed by Moisei Ginzburg and Ignatii Milinis in 1928 to host collective housing for employees of the Narodnyo Kommissariat Finansov (the People’s Commissariat of Finance). Completed in 1932, the Narkomfin is one of the few actually ...

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The Dominican Motherhouse by Louis Kahn (1965-1968)

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The Dominican Motherhouse in Media, Pennsylvania, is an unbuilt project on which architectLouis Kahn worked from 1965 to 1968. The place of worship for the Sisters of St. Catherine de Ricci includes a sanctuary, a chapel, the dormitory cells, as well as collective areas like classrooms, a...

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Cedric Price 'Housing Research' (1971) and the 'Steel House' (1967)

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Published in a supplement of Architectural Design in 1971, this research project by architect Cedric Price is an investigation on “the good life”. What could lead to a better life in a domestic environment? According to Price, housing should foster the desire for better living rather ...

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The Free University of Berlin (Candilis, Josic, Woods and Schiedhelm - 1963)

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The international competition for the new campus of the philological institute in Berlin was won by architects Candilis, Josic, Woods and Schiedhelm in 1963. The hyper-ambitious project, rooted in 1960s optimism, was a two/three floors mat building, originally 350,000 square metres wide,...

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Grid, No Corridors, No Open Floor: Casa Mora by Ábalos y Herreros

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Casa Mora is an unbuilt project by Iñaki Ábalos y Juan Herreros, two Spanish architects who worked together from 1985 until 2008. (Cf another post we wrote about them on Socks). The very essential drawings describing the project underline the basic characteristic of the domestic space: its fluid...

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