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Austrian Association for Settlements and Small Gardens

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The Austrian Association for Settlements and Small Gardens (Österreichische 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 princiaplly in and around Vienna.[1]

The organisation was founded by Otto Neurath in 1921.[2]

OVSK was the basis for the Museum für Siedlung und Städtebau (Museum for Settlement and Town Planning).[2]

References

  1. ^ Vossoughian, Nader (2008). Otto Neurath: The Language of the Global Polis. The Hague: NAi. ISBN 978-90-5662-350-0.
  2. ^ a b Burke C. (2013) 'The Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Wien (Social and economic museum of Vienna) 1925-1934 in eds Burke C., Kindel e. and Walker S. Isotype: Design and contexts 1925-1971 London: Hyphen Press