The New Apartment (1930)

Name: The New Apartment
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1930-12-31

Release Date:	1930, December 31
Directors:	Hans Richter
Countries:	Switzerland
Production:	Schweizer Werkbund, Zürich

Overview:

A commissioned film for Schweizerischer Werkbund (SWB), Die neue Wohnung was produced for the Basel architectural and interior design exhibition, WOBA, to demonstrate innovative aspects of modern architecture and highlight their differences from the event’s highly conservative approach. Despite its ad campaign roots, Richter's touch is not absent; The surviving version, aimed at a "bourgeois" Swiss public, presents decluttered, functional architecture and decor as superior to the traditional and luxurious "ancient" ways of living.

Keywords:

architecture

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Critics Rating:	65

The New Apartment (1930)

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