Case Le Corbusier's Venice hospital and the mat building revival

• Other Authors: Sarkis, Hashim (Editor), Allard, Pablo (Editor), Hyde, Timothy (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Munich Prestel Verlag Harvard University Graduate School of Design 2001
• Subjects: Le Corbusier, > 1887-1965 > Ερμηνεία και κριτική; Αρχιτεκτονική > Ιταλία > Βενετία; Αρχιτεκτονική > Κέντρα περίθαλψης; Νοσοκομεία; Αρχιτεκτονική > 20ός αιώνας

Table of Contents:

• Bridge over Venice / Pablo Allard
• Rapport technique / Le Corbusier
• The emergence of mat or field buildings / Eric Mumford
• Mat buildings and the environment / Michelle Addington, Nico Kienzl, Singh Intrachooto
• The paradoxical promise of flexibility / Hashim Sarkis
• How to recognise and read mat-building / Alison Smithson
• How to construct an architectural genealogy / Timothy Hyde
• Mat urbanism : the thick 2-D / Stan Allen.