Social condenser
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Inspired by the ideologies of Soviet Constructivist theory, the social condenser is an architectural form defined by its influence over spatial dynamics. In the opening speech of the inaugural OSA Gro
Narkomfin Building Moscow 2007 03
Aylesbury Estate, 2015
Narkomfin Building, 2020
Unité d'habitation
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The Unité d'habitation is a modernist residential housing typology developed by Le Corbusier, with the collaboration of painter-architect Nadir Afonso. It formed the basis of several housing developme
Social condenser
…influenced European social housing through its orthogonal forms and functional unit designs, extrapolated by architects such as Le Corbusier in his Unité d’Habitation with a view to inspiring collectivism after the war. The Social Condenser has also antithetically informed deconstructivist architecture as contemporary…
East elevation Unité d'Habitation Marseille (La Cité Radieuse)
Roof terrace of La Cité Radieuse, Marseille
Roof terrace of the Unité d'Habitation in Marseille
Interior of La Cité Radieuse, Marseille