In the footsteps of the Nový dům colony and the First Czechoslovak Republic’s vision of modern housing with Dagmar Černoušková and Jindřich Chatrný, co-authors of a monograph of the same name.
In 1928, the Exhibition of Contemporary Culture in Czechoslovakia was held at Brno’s newly built exhibition grounds to mark the tenth anniversary of the founding of the republic. This extensive architectural project included the Nový dům exhibition colony in Brno-Žabovřesky, where sixteen small family houses were built to designs by leading Czech architects. Nový dům is one of six major European housing estates created as exhibitions of modern housing between 1927 and 1932 in Stuttgart, Brno, Wrocław, Zurich, Vienna, and Prague. Initiated by private builders Čeněk Ruller and František Uherka and supported by the Czechoslovak Werkbund, the Brno project was intended to present modern, economical individual housing for the middle class, with the height and cubic form of the houses specified in advance. One of the organisers’ aims was to create a space for experimental construction addressing new materials, structures, and innovations in the layouts of family houses.
Guides: Dagmar Černoušková and Jindřich Chatrný, architecture historians, Brno City Museum
Fri. 2. 10. | 17:00 | by the information panel, Petřvaldská 1008/10, Brno | 90 minutes
Author of photos:Muzeum města Brna
