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Le Corbusier:Unite d’habitation/Marseilles
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Architect:Le Corbusier
Location:Marseilles,France
Date:1946 to 1952
Building Type:multifamily housing
Construction System:concrete
Style:Modern

【Notes】

Housing slab, raised off ground on sculpted legs.

t’s little wonder that Le Corbusier’s nine-storey edifice was nicknamed La Maison
du Fada or ‘house of the crazy’ in Provencal patois. Post-war overcrowding in east
Marseille called for desperate measures and Le Corbusier’s grand scheme, known as
the Unité d’Habitation, was to push thousands of local residents skyward in
self-contained units. The master plan also included the ‘Le Corbusier’ hotel
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