Le Corbusier is, without a doubt, one of the most
important figures of the twentieth century architecture
scene. His ideas changed the basis of architecture.
Most of his thoughts were reflected not only in his built
Works but also in his writings, specially in three of
his books: “Vers une architecture” (1923) “Urbanisme”
(1924), this title has been translated into other
languages as “The city of the future” and La Charte
d’Athènes (1942). Many of the principles advocated in
these texts were very difficult to build in real life. One
of the great advantages of Cinema is that it allows
us to créate anything we imagine, and if there is a
genre in this art that which makes it posible is Science
Fiction. Great films as “Things to Come” produced
by Alexander Korda could not be understood
without the ideas of Le Corbusier. To mention more
examples “I Robot” directed by Alex Proyas builds
a modernized “city of three million inhabitants.” “Le
cinquième élément” by Luc Besson, manipulates
the communication system to different strata, which
had many advantages as the great architect said.
Finding building created by Le Corbusier es easy but
finding his urban ideas is much more complicated.
Throughout the film we can see Le Corbusier´s ideas
recreated and reinterpreted his thoughts.
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