THE DIOGENES FAMILY. THE COLLECTIVISATION OF ACCOMMODATION IN BOHEMIA 1905-1948

• Authors: Guzik H.
• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

At the very beginning of the 20th century the collectivisation of domestic work was a focus of interest for activists in the Czech liberal women's organisations. In the 1920s and 30s, interest in the subject gave rise to several architectural designs and buildings. When the Czech avant-garde formulated its programme of collective accommodation around 1930, its attitude towards this tradition was a distinctive mixture of paternalism and ignorance. Nonetheless, the open approach of liberal feminism to collectivisation explains why the views of the Czech architectural left were so radical, as far as concerned the organisation of accommodation and the definition of the role of the family in modern society. Both camps were reconciled to some extent in 1945-1948. At that time, it was the feminist tradition, in addition to the experience of functionalist architects, which had a direct influence on the implementation of the Czech collective dream: the Prague Solidarity housing estate and the koldums in Litvinov and Zlin.

Keywords

EN

COLLECTIVISATION OF ACCOMMODATION; FEMINISM; FUNCTIONALISM

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Umění (Art)
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 162-176
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Guzik H.

• H. Guzik, Umeni (Art), Husova 4, 110 00 Prague.1, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06CZAAAA01623557