Kostourou, F;
(2019)
Mass Factory Housing: Design and Social Reform.
Design Issues
, 35
(4)
pp. 79-92.
10.1162/desi_a_00567.
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Abstract
In the past, housing and homeownership have been used as media for social reform. This article looks at the socio-political agenda behind the birth of company towns and the role of architecture and urban design in shaping the social life of the inhabitants. The study examines Cité Ouvrière, a nineteenth-century mass factory settlement in Mulhouse (France), which provided workers with access to property. Through literature, archival, and design research, this article traces the incremental transformation of a uniform working-class housing scheme into an ethnically diverse and formally heterogeneous city quarter.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Mass Factory Housing: Design and Social Reform |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1162/desi_a_00567 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00567 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Company town, social reform, mass housing, adaptability, working-class, homeownership, French history |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10092362 |
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