A look on the Radiant City By Le Corbusier

1. WHY THE RADIANT CITY OF LE CORBUSIER FAILED?
• Its construction would have involved demolishing
practically the whole part of central Paris, wiping out the
architectural history of the city of light.
• The calculations regarding the natural light that would
illuminate this Radiant City did not coincide with the light
conditions offered by the center of Paris. This would
particularly affect the entry of daylight into the
skyscrapers.
• Standardization proved inhuman and disorienting. The
open spaces were inhospitable; the bureaucratically
imposed plan, socially destructive[ illustrated in the U.S
housing programs]
• In the U.S., the Radiant City took the form of vast urban-
renewal schemes and regimented public housing projects
that damaged the urban fabric beyond repair.
• Failing to evaluate the feasibility of the plan.