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

This book contributes to fill in the void regarding the systematic analysis of Le Corbusier's city scale plans and, in particular, the public space.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Height + 0.00 metres: centre civique 2. Height + 50.00 metres: toit civique 3. The sameness of ratios 4. Dichotomy in ratios 5. Civic centre and civic roof as models

About the author

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.

Summary

This book contributes to fill in the void regarding the systematic analysis of Le Corbusier’s city scale plans and, in particular, the public space.

Product details

• Authors: MARTA SEQUEIRA, Marta Sequeira, Marta (University of Evora Sequeira, Sequeira Marta
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2017
• EAN: 9781472475916
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-7591-6
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 255 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, History of Architecture, Theory of architecture, City and town planning: architectural aspects