Previously, Existenzminimum had meant this:
"Correct measures are those that conform to our requirements, that fulfill these needs without any pretensions, that do not claim to be more than they are. Correct measures are those that result in a minimum of
ostentation. Everything else is ballast."
"Correct measures are those that conform to our requirements, that fulfill these needs without any pretensions, that do not claim to be more than they are. Correct measures are those that result in a minimum of
ostentation. Everything else is ballast."
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Heynen documents here the way a pragmatic Existenzminimum (based on a tradeoff between size and quantity of homes) took the place of a moral and aesthetic one.