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Plan Voisin, Le Corbusier
Figure 11. Proposed model of ‘Plan Voisin’ by Le Corbusier
Grid iron pattern- le Corbusier followed this kind of street panning where streets are at right angles to each other. The grids are then worked out to create self-sufficient modules of the city later termed as sectors or zones. In 1925, modernist architect and planner Le Corbusier Proposed the “Plan Voisin” an idealistic mega-project that called for the bulldozing of central Paris and replacing it with monolithic 60-story towers set within an organized street grid and ample green space. Corbusier believed the efficient plan could transform society by raising the standard of living for all socioeconomic levels, thus sparing the country another revolution. Central Paris was filthy, overcrowded and disease-prone. Hence, demolishing it was necessary for sanitation and liveability. Le Corbusier’s proposed grid iron construction of 18 glass Towers coupled with green lawns and multi-tiered parks was the perfect answer to this problem. The plan included low-rise apartments, roads and airport as well. It was a blueprint of Corbusier’s dream of a modern city.
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