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7 Cards in this Set
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Metropolis
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a movie about a city of the future
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words to describe modern architecture
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decontextualized
brutalism generic anonymous geometry in abstract space standardized deficit of meaning disorientation |
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le corbusier
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sketch of the modern city
high rises city for the masses |
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machine age aesthetic
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the cultural and architectural expression of an industrial (Fordist society)
house is a machine for living in form follows function |
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Brasilia
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new capital to redefine Brazil
President selected a student of le corbusier's to design city "affirmative expression of our culture" - no, what you want your culture to be proper middle-class government town but surrounded by largely unplanned impoverished communities |
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examples of no-place city
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metropolis
le corbusier's sketch of modern city king and bay toronto wittgenstein house |
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social consequences of modern architecture
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removes elitism
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