Austrian Association for Settlements and Small Gardens explained

The Austrian Settlement and Allotment Garden Association (de|Österreichischer Verband für Siedlungs- und Kleingartenwesen, OVSK) was an organisation established following the First World War to support people in need of housing and the allotment movement principally in and around Vienna.[1]

The organisation was founded by German: [[Otto Neurath]]|italic=no in 1921.[2]

OVSK was the basis for the German: Museum für Siedlung und Städtebau ('Museum for Settlement and Town Planning').[2] German: [[Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky]]|italic=no described her experiences working for the OVSK in her book German: Warum ich Architektin wurde|italic=yes (Why I Became an Architect).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Vossoughian . Nader . Otto Neurath: The Language of the Global Polis . 2008 . NAi . The Hague . 978-90-5662-350-0 .
  2. Book: Burke, C. . 2013 . The Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Wien [Social and economic museum of Vienna] 1925–1934 . Burke . C. . Kindel . E. . Walker . S. . Isotype: Design and contexts 1925–1971 . London . Hyphen Press .

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