Le Corbusier's Venice hospital project an investigation into its structural formulation - Shah, Mahnaz (Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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 in the light of its supposed affinity with the medieval urban configuration of the city of Venice. Architects and other architecturally interested laypeople with an interest in Venice will find the book a valuable addition to their knowledge. For architectural historians the book makes an important link