House-commune
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: House-commune is a noun meaning A communal housing structure built as part of an architectural and social movement in the Soviet Union in the 1920–1930s.
Meaning
A communal housing structure built as part of an architectural and social movement in the Soviet Union in the 1920–1930s.
Example Sentences
The newly constructed house-communes were, in fact, modest in their communal arrangements.
Although its name and conception bears some resemblance to many projects of utopian architecture -- house-communes and communist homes -- it was tecnically born out of Lenin's head.
Communal apartments shared the utopian constructivist ideas with the house-commune in that they also had common areas of use such as the communal kitchens and bathrooms (Utekhin 2003).
Word Forms
- house-communes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kommunalka, community, microdistrict, homespace, co-op, commorancy.
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