Middle-class Housing as a Cross-cultural and Multi-disciplinary Project
The history of the modernization processes of post-WWII European cities could be observed through the lens of the emerging middle classes between the 1950s and the 1970s when housing significantly contributed to establishing and defining new social identities. Middle classes were the main protagoni...
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The history of the modernization processes of post-WWII European cities could be observed through the lens of the emerging middle classes between the 1950s and the 1970s when housing significantly contributed to establishing and defining new social identities. Middle classes were the main protagonists of the rapid urban development and massive expansion that profoundly influenced the production of new estates, neighborhoods, and urban sectors, leaving relevant traces on the contemporary built environment of the European cities. In a sense, Europe, in its various civic configurations and cultural representations, became the symbol of progress and prosperity for the middle classes, an international formation restored and restructured by the middle classes which was meant to serve and protect according to a new post-war social contract.
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| spelling | doaj.art-130c6e4cfaeb4f2aae59dccf833eb3fb2024-03-01T17:11:19ZengDocomomo InternationalDocomomo Journal1380-32042773-16342023-09-016810.52200/docomomo.68.inMiddle-class Housing as a Cross-cultural and Multi-disciplinary ProjectGaia Caramellino0Kostas Tsiambaos1Ana Vaz MilheiroPolitecnico di MilanoNational Technical University of Athens The history of the modernization processes of post-WWII European cities could be observed through the lens of the emerging middle classes between the 1950s and the 1970s when housing significantly contributed to establishing and defining new social identities. Middle classes were the main protagonists of the rapid urban development and massive expansion that profoundly influenced the production of new estates, neighborhoods, and urban sectors, leaving relevant traces on the contemporary built environment of the European cities. In a sense, Europe, in its various civic configurations and cultural representations, became the symbol of progress and prosperity for the middle classes, an international formation restored and restructured by the middle classes which was meant to serve and protect according to a new post-war social contract. https://docomomojournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/653 |
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| title_short | Middle-class Housing as a Cross-cultural and Multi-disciplinary Project |
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