Openness, Privacy and Cool, Modern Design
August 20th, 2011
In
the 1920s architect Le Corbusier developed what would become known as
The Five Points of Modern Architecture: 1) Supports, or pilotis; 2) Roof
gardens; 3) Free design of ground plan; 4) Horizontal, or ribbon
window, and 5) Free design of the facade.
These interrelated design considerations were responses to
industrialization, the use of reinforced concrete and making a break ...