Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
"Radient Village" Project Plan and Drawings
Alternate Title:
Réorganisation agraire, ferme et village radieux [drawings]
Image View:
Birds-eye aerial view of the proposed village with farms
Creator:
Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965)
Location:
exhibition: Museum for Art of the XXI Century (MAXXI) (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Via Guido Reni 4
GPS:
41.929 12.466
Date:
drawings,1938 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Modernist; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
site plan
Work Type 2:
elevation (orthographic projection)
Classification:
Architecture and City Planning
Material:
ink on paper; pencil on paper; watercolor on paper
Technique:
drawing (image-making)
Subjects:
agriculture; architecture; architectural drawings; Housing; villages; farms; farming
Description:
The drawings were part of an exhibit at MAXXI, photographed July, 2015. This is a site plan and elevation drawings for an unrealized project, the "village radieux" where Corbusier tried to apply his thoughts about the "radient city" housing blocks to an agrarian village. He wanted to introduce materials like reinforced concrete and steel framing to a rural setting, and also investigated the layout of housing integrated with farms. During this period he also produced plans for low-slung houses with grass (green) roofs. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Eleven
Identifier:
1A1-LC-RFCC-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

"Radient Village" Project Plan and Drawings