La Ville Radieuse

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La Ville Radieuse is Le Corbusier’s influential utopian urban planning concept that envisioned a highly ordered, high-density city of towers set within open green spaces.

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La Ville Radieuse canonical 1
Plan Voisin 1
The City of To-morrow and Its Planning 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural theory
urban planning concept
utopian city design
aimedTo improve hygiene and health through planning
maximize efficiency in urban life
separate work, living, and leisure functions
architect Le Corbusier
architecturalStyle Modernism
coreIdea high-density living in towers within park-like settings
prioritization of sunlight, space, and greenery
standardization and modular design
strict functional zoning of the city
countryOfOrigin France
creator Le Corbusier
criticizedFor authoritarian overtones
neglect of historical urban fabric
overemphasis on cars and traffic segregation
describedIn The Radiant City
linked to: Radiant City
fieldOfWork architecture
urban planning
hasConcept collective amenities at ground level
large-scale superblocks
towers in the park
vertical concentration of population
hasInfluenceOn modernist housing estates in Europe
zoned master-planned cities
hasPart central business district
collective facilities
high-rise residential towers
open green spaces
separated pedestrian and vehicular circulation
zoned functional districts
inception 1930s
influenced Brasília
CIAM urbanism
Chandigarh
high-rise housing estates
postwar urban renewal projects
influencedBy Garden City movement
Ville Contemporaine
linked to: La Ville Radieuse

industrialization
languageOfWork French
proposedPopulationDensity very high
relatedTo Athens Charter
CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne)
transportationModel hierarchical road network
separation of fast and slow traffic
visionOfSociety collectivist and rationally ordered

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Le Corbusier notableWork Plan Voisin
linked to: La Ville Radieuse
Le Corbusier notableWork La Ville Radieuse
Urbanisme translatedTitle The City of To-morrow and Its Planning
linked to: La Ville Radieuse
La Ville Radieuse influencedBy Ville Contemporaine
linked to: La Ville Radieuse