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Le Corbusier's Venice hospital project : an investigation into its structural formulation /

In 1964 Le Corbusier was commissioned to design a hospital in the San Giobbe neighbourhood of Venice, he died the following year and so his design was not built. This book offers a detailed study of Le Corbusier's Venice hospital project as a plausible built entity. In addition, it analyses it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shah, Mahnaz
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey, England : Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Limited ; Ashgate Publishing Company, 2013.
Colección:Ashgate studies in architecture series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword 1; Foreword 2; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Key Critical Terms; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 History of the Project; 1. Inception of the Project; 2. Architect-Client Dynamics; 3. Post Le Corbusier: Interpretations of the Venice Hospital Project; 4. Critical Overview; 5. Conclusion; 2 The Urban Context; 1. Brief Historical Background; 2. Reconfiguration of the Urban Environment: The Peripheral Areas; 3. Circulation System; 4. Critical Overview; 5. Conclusion; 3 Analysis of the Project; 1. Relation to the Site.
  • 2. Building as a Small City3. Programme and Distribution (Plan and Section); 4. Critical Overview; 5. Conclusion; 4 Important Findings; 1. Urban Significance; 2. Diagrammatic Representation; 3. Potato Building Typology; 4. Implications of the Study; Table of Important Events; Bibliography; Index.