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Le Corbusier
I apreciate Le Corbusier's principles and his desire to give people more outdoor spaces and the extend to which he uses the roofs as outdoor gardens.
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Villa Savoye |
The Villa Savoye is a wonderful demonstration of Le Corbusier's 'five points of a new architecture', which he developed in 1927, exploiting the new opportunities of reinforced concrete
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Villa Savoye |
The intensive use of roof gardens
Villa Savoye, 1929
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Unité d'Habitation Marseille |
Cité Radieuse
The Marseille unité d'habitation brings together Le Corbusier's vision for communal living with the needs and realities of post-war France. In his vertical village, he intended to mix different classes of people.
Unité d'habitation, 1947-1952 |
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Again, Le Corbusier intensively uses the roof as part of the landscape. A children playground is also accomodated.
Unité d'Habitation, roof garden
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Unité d'Habitation Marseille |
Le Corbusier's way of framing the views
Unité d'Habitation, roof garden
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The importance of natural light
Unité d'Habitation, interior view |
L'unité d'Habitation de Marseille, p.52
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Sketches by Le Corbusier
Unité d'Habitation |
L'unité d'Habitation de Marseille, p.33
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This illustrates a module that is inserted into the building
Unité d'habitation de Marseille |
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