The Greenery of Early Modernist Housing Estates: The 1919–1927 Wałbrzych Agglomeration

Abstract

Using the Wałbrzych agglomeration housing estates—once the most important mining and industrial region in Lower Silesia—as an example, this article illustrates the specific significance of the design of green spaces, including urban layouts, and the issue of protecting unique trees and green spaces in the concepts of estates from the early modernism period after the First World War in the years 1919–1927. This article tries to deepen the knowledge on the origins of the design solutions of public and private greenery systems while considering natural, landscape, and social needs. This study complements the information gathered so far in the field of forming green areas in modernist housing estates and highlights the importance of this issue in complex urban design. The Wałbrzych housing settlements are crucial because they were among the first of their kind, not only in Lower Silesia but also in the whole of the Weimar Republic. Based on literature and source studies, it was possible to reconstruct design ideas concerning the composition of green areas in most housing estates in the discussed area. The most interesting ones were presented and broken down into the landscape-related and functional aspects of the use of greenery in housing estates. This made it possible to select specific solutions applied by designers in order to indicate sources of inspiration and theoretically developed rules which then and now seem to be extremely adequate.

Perencanaan partisipatif taman tematik Perumahan Kampoeng Semawis Semarang

“…Lanskap perumahan, termasuk tanaman hijau dan kebun, dianggap sebagai sistem sosial-ekologis yang dipengaruhi oleh aktivitas manusia pada skala yang berbeda, berdampak pada praktik manajemen dan interaksi dengan lingkungan (Cook et al, 2011). Pemanfaatan tanaman hijau di perumahan, seperti yang diamati dalam perkembangan modernis awal, sangat penting untuk tujuan terkait lanskap dan fungsional (Ludwig, 2021). Penelitian telah menunjukkan bahwa kehadiran tanaman hijau yang terlihat di jalan dapat berdampak positif terhadap harga perumahan, dengan pembeli rumah memiliki preferensi tentang kehidupan yang lebih baik apabila lebih banyak penghijauan dan tamantaman di dalam perumahan (Zhang & Dong, 2018;Zhang et al, 2021).…”

Natural Environment and Cultural Heritage in the City, a Sustainability Perspective

“…The authors declare no conflict of interest. In this Special Issue, you can find recent and multidisciplinary studies focusing on four main pillars, which are: gardens and parks, their maintenance and use, ecosystem services served [31][32][33][34][35][36].…”

“…Main themes appearing in all 22 articles published in this Special Issue refer to cities and urban areas, their development, green and public spaces, trees and water, visual and functional features of space, gardens and built environment, as well as the local character of discussed cases and their use over time (Figure 1). In this Special Issue, you can find recent and multidisciplinary studies focusing on four main pillars, which are: gardens and parks, their maintenance and use, ecosystem services served [31][32][33][34][35][36].…”