Plan voisin paris le corbusier biography
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Plan voisin paris le corbusier biography
Plan Voisin
Urbanism plan for Paris, by Le Corbusier
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The Plan Voisin was a planned redevelopment of Paris designed by French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier in The redevelopment was planned to replace a large area of central Paris, on the Right Bank of the River Seine.
Although it was never implemented, the project is one of Le Corbusier's most well known; its principles inspired a number of other plans around the world.[1][2]
Background
Ville Contemporaine
Main article: Ville Contemporaine
In , Le Corbusier presented Ville Contemporaine at Salon d'Automne; the plan was a utopian urban concept intended to house three million inhabitants in a series of skyscrapers.
Following the exhibition, Le Corbusier continued work on the project, developing the plan from a non site-specific concept to a concrete proposal.[1] This proposal was sponsored by his friend, the avant garde aircraft and a