Ville Radieuse (The Radiant City) is an unrealized urban masterplan by Le Corbusier, first presented in 1924 and published in a book of the same name in 1933. Designed to contain effective means of transportation, as well as an abundance of green space and sunlight, Le Corbusier’s city of the future would not only provide residents with a better lifestyle, but would contribute to creating a better society. Though radical, strict and nearly totalitarian in its order, symmetry and standardization, Le Corbusier’s proposed principles had an extensive influence on modern urban planning and led to the development of new high-density housing typologies.
驱车漫步于城市中一片纯住宅区,远远便能望见“拱之屋”(Casa dos Arcos)。这便是著名的尼瓦尔多·博尔赫斯住宅(Nivaldo Borges Residence),它静谧地铺展在一片辽阔而平缓的坡地上,因其标志性的红砖色调而极易辨识。这里的吸引力巨大;然而令人矛盾的是,四周没有围栏或大门,反而让人有些却步。由于无法提前通报拜访,我们只好按捺住仿佛在擅闯私密领地的局促感,径直向前走去。