The planning of Soviet prefabricated concrete housing was definitely ideological as well as economic. Bauhaus was a bit more idealistic, you're right. There wa

The planning of Soviet prefabricated concrete housing was definitely ideological as well as economic. Bauhaus was a bit more idealistic, you're right. There was a notion that building large numbers of minimum houses was the only just way to use scarce resources. There was a housing shortage, and building for the Existenzminimum was seen as the Pareto optimal thing to do (anything more costly/luxurious would be unfair to those left waiting). The best critical book I know about this period is by Hilde Heynen. https://books.google.ie/books?id=hGFZl9sHIhUC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=frankfurt+housing+hilde+heynen&source=bl&ots=RB1M8HRtGy&sig=ACfU3U0wm6mwxrG_xJ8hUHD_29IlqsxvDw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm56j3qoTgAhXIyqQKHYfuC5EQ6AEwDHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.ie/books?id=hGFZl9sHIhUC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA... BTW, flat roofs have a bad reputation because of problems with the timber rotting due to condensation in the wrong places. With proper use of vapor barriers, a modern timber flat roof should last as well as the alternatives.