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Seminal Brutalist Residential BLDG by Le Corbusier
Cited as the original inspiration for #BrutalistArchitecture & its philosophy, the residential BLDG #UniteDHabitation by #LeCorbusier influenced #Modernist architects & #EU #SocialHousing during the 1950s & 60s. Providing everything residents needed for modern communal living, corridors served as streets, to shop, play, live & share a Vertical Garden City on the terrace roof.
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After the #Blitz of #WW2, demand for #SocialHousing in Europe, for dislocated families was high. #LeCorbusier focused on communal living & his pioneering approach to large-scale housing produced #UniteDHabitation, completed in 1952. With 1600 residents over 18 floors, he innovatively organised space to integrate private living, utilitarian & communal spaces into one.
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, #LeCorbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, urban planner & #ModernArchitecture pioneer. #UniteDHabitation is a seminal work, designed in response to a post war #SocialHousing crisis. Constructed from Beton-Brut / Raw #Concrete, cheap in post-war EU, the material-form characterised life after war: rough & unforgiving #BrutalistArchitecture
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