Austrian Association for Settlements and Small Gardens

The Austrian Settlement and Allotment Garden Association (German: 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 Otto Neurath in 1921.^[2]

OVSK was the basis for the Museum für Siedlung und Städtebau ('Museum for Settlement and Town Planning').^[2] Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky described her experiences working for the OVSK in her book Warum ich Architektin wurde (Why I Became an Architect).

References

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

[Vossoughian-1] Vossoughian, Nader (2008). Otto Neurath: The Language of the Global Polis. The Hague: NAi. ISBN 978-90-5662-350-0.

[Burke-2] Burke, C. (2013). "The Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Wien [Social and economic museum of Vienna] 1925–1934". In Burke, C.; Kindel, E.; Walker, S. (eds.). Isotype: Design and contexts 1925–1971. London: Hyphen Press.