The Unité d'habitation of Nantes-Rezé is an apartment building located in Rezé, a suburb of Nantes, France designed by Le Corbusier. It contains 294 units, and was completed in 1955. It is part of the
Unité d'habitation of Nantes-Rezé
Unité d'habitation of Nantes-Rezé in the background
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Pilotis, or piers, are supports such as columns, pillars, or stilts that lift a building above ground or water. They are traditionally found in stilt and pole dwellings such as fishermen's huts in Asi
Unité d'Habitation of Nantes-Rezé
…of water and trees without any loss of agricultural land. The building itself is located in the pond full of water and ducks because of use of the pilotis that lift a building above water…
The Engel House in the White City of Tel Aviv. Architect: Zeev Rechter, 1933. A residential building that has become one of the symbols of Modernist architecture. The first building in Tel Aviv to be built on pilotis.
University of Florida (1979). There is space for lush vegetation under the building. Visible concrete pilotis.
Paul Rudolph's The Concourse (1994) in Singapore is supported on large pilotis.
Erasmus building at Queens' College, Cambridge (1959). Designed by Basil Spence and directly inspired by Le Corbusier.