Towards a Public Space: Le Corbusier and the Greco-Latin Tradition in the Modern City

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Marta Sequeira (University of Évora, Portugal)

Towards a Public Space

Le Corbusier and the Greco-Latin Tradition in the Modern City

Marta Sequeira (University of Évora, Portugal)

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English

Routledge
20 September 2017

Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture

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Le Corbusier is well-known for his architectural accomplishments, which have been extensively discussed in literature. Towards a Public Space instead offers a unique analysis of Le Corbusier’s contributions to urban planning.

The public spaces in Le Corbusier’s plans are usually considered to break with the past and to have nothing whatsoever in common with the public spaces created before modernism. This view is fostered by both the innovative character of his proposals and by the proliferation in his manifestos of watchwords that mask any evocation of the past, like l’esprit nouveau (""new spirit"") and l’architecture de demain (""architecture of tomorrow""). However, if we manage to rid ourselves of certain preconceived ideas, which underpin a somewhat less-than-objective idea of modernity, we find that Le Corbusier's public spaces not only didn't break with the historical past in any abrupt way but actually testified to the continuity of human creation over time.

Aimed at academics and students in architecture, architectural history and urban planning, this book fills a gap in the systematic analysis of Le Corbusier’s city scale plans and, specifically, Corbusian public spaces following the Second World War."

By: Marta Sequeira (University of Évora Portugal)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 657g
ISBN: 9781472475916
ISBN 10: 1472475917
Pages: 210
Publication Date: 20 September 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marta Sequeira holds a professional degree in architecture from the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Lisbon (2001) and a PhD in Architectural Projects from the School of Architecture of the Barcelona Technical College (2008). Since 2008 she has been an associate professor at the University of Évora—between 2011 and 2012 she was Head of its Department of Architecture—and she presently lectures at the Faculty of Architecture in the University of Lisbon. She has won, with the research presented in this book, the Prix de la Recherche Patiente, granted by the Fondation Le Corbusier in 2016.