Prefabricated Copper Houses, 1931-1932: Isometric, 1:100 1931 - 1932

Editor: So, here we have Carl Fieger's "Prefabricated Copper Houses, 1931-1932: Isometric, 1:100." It looks like a blueprint, almost ethereal. What strikes you most about it? Curator: It's a ghost of a dream, isn't it? The promise of affordable, mass-produced housing shimmering on paper. Notice how the copper, a material usually associated with permanence, is here imagined as something light, easily assembled. It speaks to the Bauhaus ideals of the time—form follows function. Does it feel optimistic or utopian to you? Editor: Maybe a bit of both? I can see the practicality, but the hand-drawn quality also gives it this hopeful, almost naive feel. I hadn't considered the copper aspect. Curator: Exactly. That tension between the industrial and the handmade is what makes it sing. It’s a blueprint for a new way of living, sketched with the human touch. Editor: I see it now, it's a really fascinating mix of ideas!