Houses with Balcony Access in Dessau-Roßlau

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Houses with balcony access in Dessau-Roßlau

The houses with balcony access (Laubenganghäuser) were built in 1929/30 according to plans by Hannes Meyer. He translated his motto Volksbedarf statt Luxusbedarf” (People’s necessities, not luxuries) into a multitude of small apartments, which are connected to the staircase via an arcade. [German]

So his buildings are very different from other homes in the Törten Housing Estate, which look more like multi-family houses.

Sources / More info

  • Link Article about the Houses with Balcony Access [ENG]
  • Link Biography of Hannes Meyer on Wikipedia [ENG]