ARCH 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pilates, Seattle Art Museum, Team 10

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The international style no room for materialism color and texture. Time of spread of communism and atomic threat and in the developing world there are weak governments. Positive note , more technology better economy etc. How architecture can connect to history and culture. Architects: alvar alto, louis i. kahn, alison + peter smithson, kenzo tange & james sterling. Le corbusier: no communal life, he was asked to design a housing unit in the heart of marseille. Life in a building is a journey, trying to create a self-contained building. Unite d"habitation, marseille (1946-52): the building is lifted above the ground, flat roof, reinforced concrete. Sun breakers were used to protect from the sun. Interior streets: corridors on every 3 floors provide services to residents. Many activities in building made residents not leave the building. It is anti-urban as it is separating residents from the city. The shops next to buildings are financial failures.

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