This publication asks what lessons contemporary urbanism may learn
from a radical French architect of the 1970s, Jean Renaudie.
Renaudie rejected the strictures of functionalism and focused
instead on creating housing that stimulated social exchange. His
political commitment was matched by a striking structuralist
sensibility. The low-cost housing at Givors, for example is formed
of star-shaped clusters of apartments, each one different, and each
one equipped with a garden terrace, while the plans for the new
town of Le Vaudreuil seem to borrow as much from science fiction as
from the social sciences. Visionary and animated, the architecture
of Jean Renaudie has particular resonance today, as we search for
means to establish a sense of community and place in our
increasingly introverted cities.
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