Unite d'Habitation, Marseille

The Unité d'Habitation (French, literally, "Housing Unit") is the name of a modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris), which formed the basis of numerous housing developments designed by Le Corbusier throughout Europe with this name. The first and most famous of these buildings, also known as Cité radieuse and, informally, as La Maison du Fada (French - Provençal, "The Lunatic's House") : it is located in Marseille, France, built 1947-1952. Probably the most famous work of Le Corbusier, it proved enormously influential and is often cited as the initial inspiration of the Brutalist architectural style and philosophy. Download high resolution version (684x1024, 260 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (684x1024, 260 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article focuses on the cultural movement labeled modernism or the modern movement. See also: Modernism (Roman Catholicism) or Modernist Christianity; Modernismo for specific art movement(s) in Spain and Catalonia. ... Notre Dame du Haut Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for what is now called modernism or the International Style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. ... Provençal (Prouvençau in Provençal language) is one of several dialects of the Romance language Occitan, which is spoken by a minority of people in southern France and other areas of France. ... City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Notre Dame du Haut Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for what is now called modernism or the International Style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. ... Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the Modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ...

The Marseille building comprises 337 apartments arranged over twelve stories, all suspended on large piloti. The building also incorporates shops, sporting, medical and educational facilities, and a hotel. The flat roof is designed as a communal terrace with sculptural ventilation stacks and a swimming pool. An apartment (or flat) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. ... Pilotis are special architectural supports, like columns, pillars, stilts, by which a building is lifted above what is underneath, may this be the ground or water. ... Look up shop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A shop is an enclosed location where a specific activity is carried out. ... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. ... A terrace is: In agriculture, a levelled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed to slow or prevent the rapid run-off of irrigation water. ... Sculptor redirects here. ... 50 meter indoor swimming pool For the 2003 film, see Swimming Pool. ...

Fire escape

Inside, corridors run through the centre of the long axis of every third floor of the building, with each apartment lying on two levels, and stretching from one side of the building to the other, with a balcony. Unlike many of the inferior system-built blocks it inspired, which lack the original's generous proportions, communal facilities and parkland setting, the Unite is popular with its residents and is now mainly occupied by middle-class professionals. A balcony comprising a balustrade supported at either end by plinths. ...

The building is constructed in rough-cast concrete, as the hoped-for steel frame proved too expensive in light of post-War shortages. The replacement material influenced the Brutalist movement, and the building inspired several housing complexes including the Roehampton estate in London and Park Hill in Sheffield. These buildings have attracted a great deal of criticism. Other, more successful, manifestation's of the Unite include Chamberlin, Bon & Powell's Barbican estate (completed 1982) and Erno Goldfinger's Trellick Tower (1972) in London, and Block A of Davis Duncan's Matrix complex in Glasgow (2004). Placing a concrete floor for a commercial building Installing rebar in a floor during a concrete pour In construction, concrete is a composite building material made from the combination of aggregate and cement binder. ... Steel frame usual refers to a building technique in which a skeleton of frame of steel is constructed to support the building which is attached to the frame. ... Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the Modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... Park Hill is a housing estate in Sheffield, England. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Barbican (from mediæval Latin barbecana) - a fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defence to a city or castle and any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defence purposes. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... The Trellick Tower, seen from Golborne Road. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ... Look up matrix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city and unitary council, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ...

Le Corbusier's utopian city living design was repeated in several more buildings with this name and a very similar design. Other Unités were built in Nantes, Briey, and Firminy, as well as in Berlin. City motto: Favet Neptunus eunti. ... Briey is a commune of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, in France. ... Firminy (Firminiaco: place of Firmin) is a town of central France in the département of Loire, on the Ondaine River 8 mi. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

External link

• La "Cité Radieuse" à Marseille (in French, contains many pictures)
• Map of the Unité
• Unité d'Habitation (in German, contains many links)