Le Corbusier Modernism

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Janie Hirschbuehler
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Homework 2 Lucio Costa planned Brasília, the main capital of Brazil, in 1956 after winning a design competition. His plan involved a city organized around the intersection of a monumental axis and a residential axis (James-Chakraborty). Throughout this time European avant-garde modernism was gaining foothold in South America, with focus mainly on creating an appropriate image of modern architecture for their non-affluent tropical setting. The completed Brasília offers reflectance of both the acceptance and rejection of this European modernism. Le Corbusier was one of the forerunners of European modernism. He built City for Three Million back in 1922, which appeared to play a clear impact on the design of Brasília.
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The structure consists of eight halls that are concentrically aligned with the center grand chamber (“AD Classics: National Assembly Building”). The only element that is skewed from this form is a castle-like mosque, which is placed deliberately off axis to align with Mecca (Curtis). The facades facing water have geometric cut-outs, whereas those facades facing land are stark closed volumes, as inspired by Scottish castles (James-Chakraborty).
Overall, the Legislative Assembly in Chandigarh, India and the National Assembly in Dhaka, Bangladesh were two very similar buildings in purpose and form. However, they were built in two different countries by two different architects, which led to several differences in that respect. The differing climates and cultures of each contributed to their respective building, making both of these structures
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The main value of stream two is close proximity to nature and using abstract natural elements. At first glance one is able to starkly see the difference this structure and the previous Sky House. The Koshino House features two parallel concrete rectangular confines, which are partially buried into the sloping ground. By doing this, they become a compositional addition to the landscape (“AD Classics: Koshimo House”). This structure is much more solid as compared to the Sky House. In addition, where the Sky House was elevated, the Koshino House is sunk into the ground. Each of the two rectangular confines house separate rooms with a below grade tunnel connecting the two. The only ornament to the simple rooms is narrow cut-outs through the facades which manipulate complex crossings of natural light and shadow into the interior

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