RADIANT CITY LE CORBUSIER

originally Charles-Edouard Jeanneret 1887-1965 a founding father of the modernist movement social engineering

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PRESENTED BY: Ar. ANKIT KASHMIRI GUPTA

RADIANT CITY THE CITY OF TOWERS The Corbusian Radiant city : Paris, Chandigarh, Brasilia, London, St. Louis 1920-1970

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RADIANT CITY BACKGROUND

A swiss born architect who hailed from a watch makers family. The author attributes this fact to his ideology on town planning where he calls the town as a tool and house as a machine to live in
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RADIANT CITY Paris

THE CITY OF TOWERS

19th century was chaotic where centralized despotic order prevailed. Slums and diseases were rampant.

The living conditions were pathetic.

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RADIANT CITY THE CITY OF TOWERS

WITHIN THE RADIANT CITY, THERE ARE:
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, BUSINESS CENTER, RAILROAD STATION AND AIR TERMINAL, HOTELS, HOUSING, FACTORIES, WAREHOUSES, HEAVY INDUSTRIES

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RADIANT CITY ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN

CENTRE CITY
The city centre is residential zone, with business centre and industrial section on either side. By doing so, the internal travel can be diminished by half. Each housing units is intended for 2700 residents. Each of these units can provided with its individual set of services, directly connected with family life. SERVICES AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS: catering section in basement food/laundry Roof garden play areas Day care center for children Good transportation system

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RADIANT CITY ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN

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LA VILLE CONTEMPORAINE V/S LA VILLE RADEIEUSE

LA VILLE CONTEMPORAINE RESIDENCES INDUSTRY DENSITY ROADS On periphery of commercial Outside 1200 / acre Grid Pattern with wide avenues connecting the center Low rise residence with high rise commercial Regular Not much thought off Offices low Entertainment low Factories high LA VILLE RADIEUSE In center Integrated in plan 2700 / acre Elevated freeways, inter city traffic on ground, pedestrian traffic beneath the buildings High rise residential and commercial Staggered Residential services were well designed Offices low Entertainment low Factories low

BUILDINGS PATTERN SERVICES COMMUTE DISTANCE

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RADIANT CITY ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN

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