LeCorbusier Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The phrase, "Architecture, unlike buildings, stir human emotion" is which assessment of architecture?Answer - Emotionally Resonant The phrase, "Every building means something to someone" is which assessment of architecture?Answer - Inclusive Assessment The phrase, "Architecture is the buildings that a culture deems significant" is which assessment of architecture?Answer - Historic Appraisal The phrase, "Architecture is architects, the produce of what they do? is which assessme...

What are the goals of the "orthodox" urban planners ("Garden city" theorists, LeCorbusier etc.) whom Jacobs criticizes? - To create a utopia with their cities, exerting their own paternal authority, rejection of the city itself What makes for safe urban streets? Why, according to Jacobs, does Los Angeles have such a high crime rate? What is the most important factor that generates "eyes upon the street"? - Safe urban streets are resistant to barbarianism and open crime. Often times bu...

1. where do cities come from hunter gather cultures -the invention of agriculture =sedentary, need for fixed address 2. from settlements -surplus production = ability to store to cities -trade w/ communities of surplus production -specialization created after non farming specialization occurred bc of surplus -distribution of property & by-ways -opportunities for way of life, occupation, wealth accumu- lation =storage possible= threat of theft= need for domestic scurity = rise of...

What are the goals of the "orthodox" urban planners ("Garden city" theorists, LeCorbusier etc.) whom Jacobs criticizes? - To create a utopia with their cities, exerting their own paternal authority, rejection of the city itself What makes for safe urban streets? Why, according to Jacobs, does Los Angeles have such a high crime rate? What is the most important factor that generates "eyes upon the street"? - Safe urban streets are resistant to barbarianism and open crime. Often times bu...

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