Présentation écrite de la Cité Radieuse/le Corbusier

Résumé du document

Rédaction en anglais d'un compte rendu sur la Cité Radieuse/le Corbusier :
•Une introduction (What ? Where ? When ?)
•Le développement en 2 ou 3 parties (1 idée par partie)
•Une conclusion

Extraits

[...] The idea of a collective housing as a whole intricate city rather than just a block of flats has become widely popular in France, partly due to Le Corbusier's creation. Considering how this has led to the development of ghetto cities in the following decades, with all the social issues it implies, it is therefore understandable that Le Corbusier is often blamed for popularizing the concept. Due to Le Corbusier's mythic status in architectural history, his creations have been well preserved, and it is not his that have gone bad, but other works inspired by him. [...]

[...] The Cité Radieuse (Radiant City) was built between 1947 and 1952 in Marseille by request of the French State to Le Corbusier. The goal was to build social housing in the aftermath of the war, which left France's infrastructures heavily damaged. Le Corbusier designed the huge block of concrete as a functional but highly experimental building. The first remarkable feature about the Radiant City is that it is not just a block of apartments. Instead, Le Corbusier tried to expand the meaning of collective housing by implementing many facilities inside the building. [...]