Tracing the Housing Frontline: The Post-Socialist Legacy of Housing Policies in Bucharest during the 1970s–1980s

• Published in: Architektúra a urbanizmus Vol. 57; no. 3-4; pp. 248 - 261
• Main Author: Bouaru, Cosmina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences 01.01.2023
• Subjects: collective housing; industrial; national specificity; prefabrication; urban systematization

During the 1970s and 1980s, the construction of large housing complexes in Romania, particularly in the capital city of Bucharest, reached its peak as a result of urban systematization policies. The impact of built densification in those decades can be measured on the socio-economic scale of consequ...