{"product_id":"anja-grunwald-le-corbusier-unite-d-habitation-9783932565656","title":"Le Corbusier, Unité d’habitation","description":"If there is one building by Le Corbusier that represents a synthesis\nof his basic concepts it is certainly the Unité d’habitation built\nin Marseille in 1946–52. This built manifesto does not simply put\nforward a social model as a utopia, but also the unity of architecture\nand town planning. It is one of the most significant buildings\nthere has even been, but it also triggered a great deal of controversy.\nThe story of the response to it has been recorded in order\nto investigate why this extremely ambitious project in particular\nshould have caused such a conflict between intention and effect.\nThe Unité d’habitation in Marseille is now very popular with the\npeople who live in it as a building. Despite all the criticism, it obviously\nstill offers functional advantages that make it easier for individuals\nand the community to live together. The enormous sculptural\nforce and the characteristic interplay of light and colour\nshown in the photographs make the building into a 'personality'\nthat can be identified with.\nAs well as this, the building also offers something special in\nterms of concrete spatial experience. In the age of a superficial\n'adventure society' it claims the intensity of an everyday experience\nthat is both casual and at the same time complex, embracing\nall the senses. This extends from the reception in the imposing foyer\nto the 'theatre' of figures on the roof terrace in the light of the\nlandscape, from the inverted urban scenery of the promenade\npublique to twilight seclusion in the silent residential streets. And it\nincludes the flats themselves, which open up expansively to draw\nin the sea and mountain mood. Le Corbusier used his architectural\nresources atmospherically and scenically to give the Unité d’habitation\na succinct coherence that also forms the basis for individual\nlives within its rooms and spaces. Precise observation and description\nreveal the mechanisms of these effects.\nAll three authors are qualified architects. Alban Janson is professor\nof the fundamentals of architecture at Karlsruhe University, Carsten\nKrohn lives and works as an author in Berlin, and Anja Grunwald\nteaches architectural photography at Karlsruhe University.","brand":"Edition Axel Menges","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53230531379542,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9783932565656_1.jpg?v=1778528367","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/anja-grunwald-le-corbusier-unite-d-habitation-9783932565656","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}