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Le Corbusier - Coggle Diagram
Le Corbusier
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Concept: A ‘village’ within a residential block (165 m wide, 56 m tall).
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Wide corridors: Called "streets," providing access to all flats.
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Roof terrace: Includes a pool, playground, and running track.
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Pilotis: Columns instead of structural walls, ground floor free for entrance parking garden
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o Born in 1887, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
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o Opened an architectural school in Paris in 1922 with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret.
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o After the world war II he had a lot of commissions and work. He was one of the most influential architect and urban planner of the 20th century.
o Developed a new architectural language, breaking from past styles (per UNESCO).
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o Unité d’Habitation ideas inspired blocks of flats worldwide, though later iterations often lacked the same care and amenities.