Annette Kelm Serie "Deutsche Werkstätten", 2008
58 x 75 cm (1 part) (unframed)
75,5 x 58 cm (1 part) (unframed)
62,5 x 73,5 cm (1 part) (framed)
60 x 77 cm (1 part) (framed)
77,5 x 60 cm (1 part) (framed)
The three-part work Deutsche Werkstätten depicts small houses set in various rural settings. Each house is photographed from a different perspective and distance.
These houses were built in Hellerau in 1934 – a model settlement of wooden houses produced by the "Deutsche Werkstätten für Handwerkskunst". The houses were also known as "machine houses" because they were prefabricated by machine. These wooden houses were built in the tradition of the garden city movement, whose progressive philosophy supported the construction of environmentally friendly housing.
The series is part of a study of architectural housing estates, which especially in the early twentieth century and also in the aftermath of World War II, were part of progressive, even utopian, social agenda.
The houses depicted are, from left to right:
Holzhaus Musterhaussiedlung, Hellerau, Deutsche Werkstätten, Hellerau, 1934-1937,
Ferienhaus, Reinerzau, Deutsche Werkstätten, 1923, Erstes Musterhaus, Hellerau, Werkstätten Hellerau, Architekt Adelbert Niemeyer, 1920.