Unité d’Habitation de Firminy

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Unité d’Habitation modernist architecture residential building

Unité d’Habitation de Firminy is a major modernist residential housing block in Firminy, France, designed by architect Le Corbusier as part of his influential series of “vertical garden city” buildings.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Unité d’Habitation de Firminy canonical	3
Firminy-Vert urban project	1
Maison Radieuse (Rezé)	1
Unité d’Habitation de Firminy-Vert	1
Unité d’Habitation of Firminy-Vert	1
Unité d’Habitation series	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3762344 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Unité d’Habitation de Firminy
Context triple: [Maison de la Culture de Firminy, locatedNear, Unité d’Habitation de Firminy]

A. Unité d’Habitation, Marseille
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille is a pioneering mid-20th-century modernist residential housing block by Le Corbusier that exemplifies his vision of high-density, communal urban living.
B. Habitat 67
Habitat 67 is a landmark modular housing complex in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its innovative, stacked-cube architectural design by Moshe Safdie.
C. Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
D. Fondation Le Corbusier
Fondation Le Corbusier is a Paris-based organization dedicated to preserving, studying, and promoting the architectural and artistic legacy of the modernist architect Le Corbusier.
E. Villa La Californie
Villa La Californie is a historic hillside mansion in Cannes, France, best known as Pablo Picasso’s residence and studio during the 1950s.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Unité d’Habitation de Firminy
Target entity description: Unité d’Habitation de Firminy is a major modernist residential housing block in Firminy, France, designed by architect Le Corbusier as part of his influential series of “vertical garden city” buildings.

A. Unité d’Habitation, Marseille
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille is a pioneering mid-20th-century modernist residential housing block by Le Corbusier that exemplifies his vision of high-density, communal urban living.
B. Habitat 67
Habitat 67 is a landmark modular housing complex in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its innovative, stacked-cube architectural design by Moshe Safdie.
C. Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
D. Fondation Le Corbusier
Fondation Le Corbusier is a Paris-based organization dedicated to preserving, studying, and promoting the architectural and artistic legacy of the modernist architect Le Corbusier.
E. Villa La Californie
Villa La Californie is a historic hillside mansion in Cannes, France, best known as Pablo Picasso’s residence and studio during the 1950s.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Unité d’Habitation ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ residential building ⓘ
architect	Le Corbusier ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Brutalism ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
associatedWith	Firminy-Vert urban project ⓘ linked to: Firminy Le Corbusier’s post-war housing experiments ⓘ
category	collective housing ⓘ social housing ⓘ
concept	vertical garden city ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
designedAs	self-contained vertical neighborhood ⓘ
hasAmenity	communal roof facilities ⓘ shops or services within the block ⓘ
hasCirculation	internal corridors called streets ⓘ
hasContext	post-World War II reconstruction and housing shortage ⓘ
hasFeature	color-coded façades ⓘ double-height units ⓘ roof-level communal space ⓘ standardized apartment modules ⓘ sun-breakers ⓘ
hasFunction	collective facilities ⓘ housing ⓘ
hasPart	communal services ⓘ dwelling units ⓘ internal streets ⓘ pilotis ⓘ roof terrace ⓘ
heritageStatus	recognized example of 20th-century modern architecture ⓘ
influencedBy	Le Corbusier’s Modulor system ⓘ linked to: Le Modulor
inspiredBy	Unité d’Habitation de Marseille ⓘ linked to: Unité d’Habitation, Marseille
locatedIn	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ⓘ linked to: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Europe ⓘ Firminy ⓘ Loire department ⓘ
locatedNear	Saint-Étienne ⓘ
material	reinforced concrete ⓘ
movement	Modern movement in architecture ⓘ
notableFor	application of Unité d’Habitation model outside Marseille ⓘ integration into a planned modernist neighborhood ⓘ
partOf	Firminy-Vert ⓘ linked to: Firminy-Vert district
purpose	high-density housing ⓘ integration of living, leisure and services ⓘ
series	Unité d’Habitation series ⓘ linked to: Unité d’Habitation de Firminy
uses	béton brut ⓘ

How these facts were elicited