New Architecture
Read the following pages in Towards A New Architecture: ( 225-266 ) and resp’ond to one (1) of the following prompts (A, B) in 100 – 150 words.
WRI’TING PROMPTS:
Architecture III. Pure Creation of the Mind:
A: Le Corbusier contrasts the pre-contemporary construction of houses that might take two years with the mass production of houses. What advancements (technologically, socially, materials, etc.) do you think have perpetuated this adjustment and how?
B: Le Corbusier describes the future of housing and city planning in an architectural and societal sense. Discuss his projection regarding mass housing; do you find it to be accurate? If so, describe how. If not, discuss why his projection may not have turned out the way he thought it would.