The text for this reading is: Nurturing dreams: collected essays on architecture and the city, by Fumihiko Maki (2008) [electronic resource] (pp. 180- 192).
This reading focuses on Le Corbusier and how he influenced the architecture of Japan. It talks about how he influenced people across the world with a ripple effect; he had a large impact to begin with but it gradually died out, but in Japan his influence has stayed strongly routed in the architecture until today.
The text talks about the three stages of Le Corbusiers influence and how it had carried on to today.
I think that this text shows just how influential Le Corbusier was, not just in Europe and the west but across the whole world. The text is linking International Style and Japanese Architecture which, to me, is a new idea but the two themes are not unconnected when I think about them together; Japanese architecture is not just the traditional, but also the modern; Tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world and has a skyline not dissimilar to that of New York, London or any other major capital around the world.
Previous to reading this essay I didn't know just how widespread Le Corbusier's influence was across the world, however I am now interested to look at how he influenced other countries and cultures such as those mentioned in the text, India ad Brazil.
This reading focuses on Le Corbusier and how he influenced the architecture of Japan. It talks about how he influenced people across the world with a ripple effect; he had a large impact to begin with but it gradually died out, but in Japan his influence has stayed strongly routed in the architecture until today.
The text talks about the three stages of Le Corbusiers influence and how it had carried on to today.
I think that this text shows just how influential Le Corbusier was, not just in Europe and the west but across the whole world. The text is linking International Style and Japanese Architecture which, to me, is a new idea but the two themes are not unconnected when I think about them together; Japanese architecture is not just the traditional, but also the modern; Tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world and has a skyline not dissimilar to that of New York, London or any other major capital around the world.
Previous to reading this essay I didn't know just how widespread Le Corbusier's influence was across the world, however I am now interested to look at how he influenced other countries and cultures such as those mentioned in the text, India ad Brazil.