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1947–1952

When an Apartment Building Became a Neighbourhood

Unité d'Habitation

The gridded facade of the Unité d'Habitation type building in Berlin.
Unité d'Habitation, Berlin, based on Le Corbusier's housing model.Kristof Magnusson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Housing was reconceived as a vertical community containing homes and shared facilities.

The Rethink

An apartment building could aspire to become a neighbourhood.