Locuințe pentru muncitori și funcționari. Casa Construcțiilor și parcelarea Vatra Luminoasă (1930-1949)

Parcelările Societăţii Comunale pentru Locuinţe ieftine - Bucureşti (1908-1948), Andrei Răzvan Voinea, Editura Asociaţia Zona, Bucureşti 2018 'A suitable model for the Romanian lifestyle: the family with a house and garden' (2018) by Andrei Răzvan Voinea is a remarkable study that documents the activity of the 'Municipal Company for Low-cost Housing' over four decades and focuses on the attempts of local authorities to solve the housing crisis that emerged in Bucharest at the beginning of the XXth century. The author shows through the analysis of various medical reports, news-papers, books written in that period, etc. how gradually a social and medical expertise emerged that was increasingly advocating for the construction of affordable housing as a tool to address these complex social problems. The architectural analysis of the lotissements planned and executed by the 'Municipal Company for Low-cost Housing' is compelling, but what makes this research very relevant is the wonderful reconstruction of the social history of these urban areas and the insight it provides into all the debates existing within the local administration regarding these projects. The book focuses on another social housing project, called 'Vatra Luminoasă', implemented during the interwar period in Bucharest by a state company (Casa Construcţiilor) which was established in 1930.