Mitchell Anderson
recurrence (Housing Combine)
, 2018-19
Hand embroidery
140 x 200 cm
55 1/8 x 78 3/4 in
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Design for unbuilt Russian housing apartments from 1930 centering around the idea of the Housing Combine proposed by VOPRA (All- Union Association of Proletarian Architects). This architecture sought to merge...
Design for unbuilt Russian housing apartments from 1930 centering
around the idea of the Housing Combine proposed by VOPRA (All-
Union Association of Proletarian Architects). This architecture sought
to merge the ideas of the 'fine arts' constructivists like Malevich and
Lissitzky into the real work and create spaces of communal harmony.
The idea was never realized because of the radical change of ideologies
in the Soviet Union soon after.
