Cutaway models of Unité d'Habitation, Marseilles
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Alternative Title
Cutaway models of Cité radieuse, Marseille
Date
2007Description
Cutaway view of the east facade, two ventilation stacks on roof and support system of piloti for the building; Scale section models of the first Unité d'Habitation of Le Corbusier, was built in Marseille in 1947-1952, cut away to illustrate construction and space planning. The gallery of modern and contemporary architecture models in the museum opened in 2007. Source: Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine; http://www.citechaillot.fr/en/ (accessed 8/3/2013)
Type of Work
model (representation)Subject
architecture, Housing, ideal cities, models (representations), Twentieth century, Modernist
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