Unité d'Habitation

Le Corbusier, Marseille, France, 1952

Scale: 1:100
Materials: acrylic, soap
Type: structural
Detail: 4/7
Student: Giovanna Garbuglia, FS24

A 1:100 façade study model of Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation constructed from translucent glycerine soap blocks in primary colours (red, blue, green, yellow) set within a clear acrylic grid of horizontal slabs and vertical fins. The coloured soap units stand in for the polychrome brise-soleil loggias, their translucency evoking both the depth of the screen and the play of light through it. The model foregrounds the façade's modular colour composition and structural bay rhythm while abstracting plan, section, and roof.

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