Unité d’Habitation, Marseille

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Unité d’Habitation type building housing block modernist architecture work residential building

Unité d’Habitation, Marseille is a pioneering mid-20th-century modernist residential housing block by Le Corbusier that exemplifies his vision of high-density, communal urban living.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Unité d’Habitation in Marseille 2
Cité Radieuse 1
Cité Radieuse, Marseille 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Unité d’Habitation type building ⓘ
housing block ⓘ
modernist architecture work ⓘ
residential building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
surface form: Cité Radieuse

Radiant City ⓘ
architect Le Corbusier ⓘ
Nadir Afonso ⓘ
architecturalStyle Brutalism ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
completionDate 1952 ⓘ
contains duplex apartments ⓘ
hotel ⓘ
internal streets ⓘ
nursery school ⓘ
outdoor auditorium ⓘ
paddling pool ⓘ
roof terrace ⓘ
running track ⓘ
shops ⓘ
country France ⓘ
designedAccordingTo Le Modulor ⓘ
surface form: Modulor system
designedFor communal living ⓘ
high-density urban living ⓘ
hasCirculationType internal corridors every third floor ⓘ
hasFeature brise-soleil ⓘ
colorful loggias ⓘ
roofscape as communal space ⓘ
hasFloorPlanType interlocking duplex units ⓘ
hasFunction communal facilities ⓘ
residential housing ⓘ
hasOwner various private owners and co-ownership association ⓘ
hasStructuralSystem pilotis ⓘ
height 56 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique (France) ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1995 ⓘ
influenced Brutalist housing estates worldwide ⓘ
post-war social housing design ⓘ
inspiredBy Le Corbusier’s concept of vertical garden city ⓘ
locatedIn Boulevard Michelet, Marseille ⓘ
location Marseille ⓘ
materialUsed reinforced concrete ⓘ
numberOfApartments 337 ⓘ
numberOfFloors 18 ⓘ
partOf Unité d’Habitation, Marseille self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unité d’Habitation series
startDate 1947 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2016 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListing The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite true ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Unité d’Habitation, Marseille → alsoKnownAs → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cité Radieuse
Brutalism → hasNotableExample → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unité d’Habitation in Marseille
this entity surface form: Unité d’habitation de Marseille
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cité Radieuse, Marseille
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unité d’Habitation, Berlin
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unité d’Habitation, Nantes-Rezé
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unité d’Habitation, Briey-en-Forêt
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unité d’Habitation, Firminy
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille → partOf → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unité d’Habitation series
Le Modulor → usedInWork → Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unité d’Habitation in Marseille