engineering

WuWA

WuWA is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand WuWA rather than just read about it. In short: WuWA (German: Wohnungs- und Werkraumausstellung, lit. 'Workplace and House Exhibition') was a building exhibition held in Breslau, Weimar Republic (today Wrocław, Poland) in 1929. Organized by the Silesian committee of the Deutsche Werkbund, close to the Scheitniger Park (currently Tramwajowa, Dembowskiego, Mikołaja Kopernika and Zielonego Dębu streets).

Key takeaways

WuWA belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect WuWA to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of WuWA from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

WuWA (German: Wohnungs- und Werkraumausstellung, lit. 'Workplace and House Exhibition') was a building exhibition held in Breslau, Weimar Republic (today Wrocław, Poland) in 1929. Organized by the Silesian committee of the Deutsche Werkbund, close to the Scheitniger Park (currently Tramwajowa, Dembowskiego, Mikołaja Kopernika and Zielonego Dębu streets). Several local architects, mainly members of Werkbund, participated in the exhibition. 32 different types of buildings were presented to serve as "standards." The main focus was on simple, but not trivial architectonical form and functionality. All 32 buildings were built within a three-month period. Recreational areas were a part of this project, together with a wooden kindergarten which was supposed to show new architectural trends. One of the most interesting buildings of the complex is Hans Scharoun's house for singles and young couples, which now serves as a hotel. The entire area received the European Heritage Label from the European Commission.

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Bibliography Beelitz, Konstanze; Niclas Förster (2006). Breslau/Wrocław Przewodnik po architekturze modernistycznej. Via Nova. ISBN 83-60544-52-2. Rudolf von Delius: Werkbund-Versuchssiedlung in Breslau. In: Dekorative Kunst, illustrierte Zeitschrift für angewandte Kunst, Bd. 37 = Jg. 32, 1928/29, S. 273–281(Digitalisat). Edith Rischowski: Das Wohnhaus als Einheit. Häuser und Räume der Versuchssiedlung Breslau. In: Innen-Dekoration, Jg. 40, 1929, S. 400–432 (Digitalisat). Wohnung und Werkraum. Werkbund Ausstellung Breslau 1929. In: Der Baumeister, Jg. 27, 1929, S. 285–307, Tafel 85/86–100. Georg Münter: Wohnung und Werkraum. Ein Versuch die Werkbund-Ausstellung in Breslau 1929 zu würdigen. In: Wasmuths Monatshefte für Baukunst, Jg. 13, 1929, S. 441–453 (Digitalisat). Kaiser: Die Werkbund-Ausstellung: "Wohnung und Werkraum" Breslau 1929. In: Die Bauzeitung. Vereinigt mit "Süddeutsche Bauzeitung" München, Jg. 26, Heft 39, 28. September 1929, S. 415–421 und Heft 40, 5. Oktober 1929, S. 423–429. Alena Janatková, Hanna Kozinska-Witt (Hrsg.): Wohnen in der Großstadt 1900–1939. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-515-08345-6. Judith Lembke: Die neue Welt von gestern, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung vom 30. Nov. 2016 Bundesinstitut für Ostdeutsche Kultur und Geschichte (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch des Bundesinstituts für Ostdeutsche Kultur und Geschichte. Band 3, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München 1995, ISBN 3-486-56102-2. Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Hrsg.): Auf dem Weg zum Neuen Wohnen – Die Werkbundsiedlung Breslau 1929. Birkhäuser Verlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7643-5420-8 Deutscher Werkbund Hessen, Arbeitsgruppe »WUWA Breslau« Hg.: Helmut Hofmann. Architekt und Künstler, Student an der Kunstakademie Breslau 1928/1929. Ausstellungskatalog der Ausst. in Wrocław 1999. Frankfurt 1999, S. 16 ff. (ohne ISBN, zweisprachig deutsch-polnisch) Jadwiga Urbanik / Grażyna Hryncewicz-Lamber: WuWA – Wohnung und Werkraum. Werkbundausstellung in Breslau 1929, 2. Aufl., Wrocław 2015, ISBN 978-83-938968-2-0 (online).

External links Media related to WUWA at Wikimedia Commons Official website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with WuWA

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what WuWA claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to WuWA before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about WuWA ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of WuWA

In research: WuWA appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses WuWA in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: WuWA is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1920s architecture, 1929 in Germany, Buildings and structures completed in 1929, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for WuWA outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study WuWA in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what WuWA means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain WuWA out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is WuWA in simple terms?

Why does WuWA matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study WuWA?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on WuWA.