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Roman city - Römerstadt, Frankfurt, Germany
Living in air, light and space was made possible by the New Frankfurt, a housing project with affordable apartments. Ernst May, architect and head of the Frankfurt settlement from 1925 to 1930, realized one of the most extensive building programs in the Weimar Republic. Pioneering settlements with around 15,000 apartments were built with the participation of well-known architects such as Walter Gropius. The functional design of the apartment blocks and terraced houses set standards to the present day. The “Frankfurt Kitchen”, the world's first built-in kitchen, created by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky was part of their standard. May's comprehensive concept designed urban and private living environments and quickly alleviated the housing shortage through rationalized construction. The settlements Römerstadt, Westhausen, Praunheim, Höhenblick on Ginnheimer Hang and Bruchfeldstraße in Niederrad, along with the settlement Am Bornheimer Hang and a little later the Hellerhofsiedlung in Gallus, developed along the Nidda Valley. With the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart and the Bauhaus in Dessau, the settlements are among the internationally recognized examples of early modernism in Germany. The Ernst May Society documents the work of the architect in the Ernst May House in the Roman city. The two-storey terraced house Im Burgfeld 136, restored in accordance with the preservation order including the reconstructed garden and ornamental garden, can be visited by those interested in architecture.
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Roman city - Römerstadt, Frankfurt, Germany
Living in air, light and space was made possible by the New Frankfurt, a housing project with affordable apartments. Ernst May, architect and head of the Frankfurt settlement from 1925 to 1930, realized one of the most extensive building programs in the Weimar Republic. Pioneering settlements with around 15,000 apartments were built with the participation of well-known architects such as Walter Gropius. The functional design of the apartment blocks and terraced houses set standards to the present day. The “Frankfurt Kitchen”, the world's first built-in kitchen, created by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky was part of their standard. May's comprehensive concept designed urban and private living environments and quickly alleviated the housing shortage through rationalized construction. The settlements Römerstadt, Westhausen, Praunheim, Höhenblick on Ginnheimer Hang and Bruchfeldstraße in Niederrad, along with the settlement Am Bornheimer Hang and a little later the Hellerhofsiedlung in Gallus, developed along the Nidda Valley. With the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart and the Bauhaus in Dessau, the settlements are among the internationally recognized examples of early modernism in Germany. The Ernst May Society documents the work of the architect in the Ernst May House in the Roman city. The two-storey terraced house Im Burgfeld 136, restored in accordance with the preservation order including the reconstructed garden and ornamental garden, can be visited by those interested in architecture.