Tag: typology

Social Housing of 1950s in Tlemcen (Algeria): An Architectural View

Issue: 2022, Volume 56, Number 3-4

The French administration had manifested its interest for social housing since the centenary of the French invasion in Algeria, in 1930, this period was characterized by the strong demographic growth and the rural exodus towards urban centers, and it intensified in the 1950s. It aimed to house both European and Muslim citizens, adopting different housing […]

Employee Colonies: Nomenclature, Typology and (Dis)continuity

Issue: 2022, Volume 56, Number 3-4

The topic of this study is employee housing. The ambition of the study is to contribute to the nomenclature and typology of employee housing of the past as a topical issue of the present. Employee housing of the classical and socialist industrialisation era is most often associated with the phenomenon of workers’ colonies and settlements […]