The failing of the Unité d'habitation explained in 9 minutes

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During the 1950s, as cities grew rapidly, there was an urgent need for cost-effective and effective housing solutions. Le Corbusier, a young architect at the time, proposed a radical idea for modern social housing - a self-sufficient housing unit that would offer residents all the conveniences of a small town within a single building. Thus, the Unité d'Habitation was born, a towering concrete structure that would go on to become one of the most influential buildings of the 20th century
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0:00 Intro
0:41 His Social Housing blocks before 1945
1:33 The social condenser in Moscow
3:05 The unité d'habitation in Marseille

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