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Micro district the main idea was to build a hole separate district for everyday life. Everyone who live there probably work at the same factory. It is similar to le Corbusier.

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http://socialistmodernism.com/uzbekistan/

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Stephan
Large scale, low-quality production. Derelict.

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Stephan
Mostly about solving problems rather than ideological reasons. Import of avant-garde architects.

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Q3 quality of housing in Eastern Europe was poorer because of large scale and the speed of the construction.

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Q2
A way to impose a social lifestyle on people.
Make them more socialists. Just provide housing to masses. More for less money.

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Population increase in industrial cities requiring fast building
Equality

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Q1
In common: high rising modernist architecture, efficiency, accommodate great amount of people, mass production, integrate work and life.
Differences: socialist countries were state owned and could not be privately owned, socialist housing was focused more on mass construction across the hole union, when the capitalist countries could do the same.

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Monumentalism - huge and impressive
Practical and not ornamental
High rise, concrete
Lots of people in the same buildings
Differences - equality in transportation for work within socialist countries

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Bater, J. 1984. The Soviet city: continuity and change in privilege and place. In J. Agnew, J. Mercer, D. Sopher. The City in Cultural Context London: Allen & Unwin. [on Minerva].

Monclús, J. and Díez Medina, C., 2016. Modernist housing estates in European cities of the Western and Eastern Blocs. Planning Perspectives, 31(4), pp.533-562.

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problems of socialist implementation of urban plans (Q6)

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problems of socialist implementation of urban plans (Q6)

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features of socialist micro district (Q4) 

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features of socialist micro district (Q4) 

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Basic planning unit for residential development
Public services and housing in the same space
Green space, small housing units

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capitalist housing vs socialist housing (Q3)

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capitalist housing vs socialist housing (Q3)

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Capitalist -
More large-scale mass housing in eastern bloc

Homogenous

Unified code in eastern block

Mixture of classes – everyone lives in the same buildings

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modernist urbanism & socialist urbanism (Q1) 

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modernist urbanism & socialist urbanism (Q1) 

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Stephan
Both use high-rise buildings,
link location of housing with occupation, equal share of wealth and providing housing for all. Collectivism and the communal use of land eg greenspaces.

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1.    What are some of the characteristics that modernist and socialist urbanism have in common? Did socialist urbanism offer any different solutions to high modernism in the West?

2.    Why was housing a central concern of socialist urbanism?

3.    Compile a list of similarities and differences between modernist housing estates in capitalist countries and socialist countries. How would everyday life differ in a ‘socialist’ and ‘capitalist’ housing estate? What different approaches do they show to solving urban problems?

4.    Outline the main features of the socialist microdistrict (microrayon), with a focus on how it relates to other modernist urban plans that you have encountered in the course, e.g. Howard’s Garden City, Corbusier’s Ville Radieuse.

5.    How far was socialist urbanism concerned with expressing political and ideological visions, and how far was it concerned with solving problems of everyday urban life?

6.    Discuss some of the problems and failures associated with the socialist implementation of urban plans.

7.    Discuss how the image you have brought in can be interpreted as reflecting both socialist and modernist principles.