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This is a 4 page paper discussing the architectural theories of modernist Le Corbusier and postmodernist Robert Venturi. Modernist architect Le Corbusier and postmodern architect Robert Venturi present vastly different perspectives on the needs in architecture in their works “Towards a New Architecture” (Le Corbusier, 1924) and “Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture” (Venturi, 1966). Every component considered as important to Le Corbusier such as mass, surface, generating lines, simplicity, function and “the generating plan” were considered by Venturi as too simplistic for the modern complex society. Instead, Venturi advocates architectural designs which are complex, contradictory, ambiguous, redundant and at times, perverse to challenge the increasing complex visual perceptions in modern society. In addition, Le Corbusier believed in the relation of designs to that of the larger plan and designed city plans with functionalism in mind whereas Venturi did not believe that individual structures needed to be in relation to a larger plan but could only add to the complexity and variety within the cities themselves.
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(Le Corbusier, 1924) and "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture" (Venturi, 1966). Every component considered as important to Le Corbusier such as mass, surface, generating lines, simplicity, function and "the generating
plan" were considered by Venturi as too simplistic for the modern complex society. Instead, Venturi advocates architectural designs which are complex, contradictory, ambiguous, redundant and at times, perverse to challenge
the increasing complex visual perceptions in modern society. In addition, Le Corbusier believed in the relation of designs to that of the larger plan and designed city plans with functionalism
in mind whereas Venturi did not believe that individual structures needed to be in relation to a larger plan but could only add to the complexity and variety within the
cities themselves. In his 1924 text "Towards a New Architecture", Le Corbusier wrote on the "Aesthetic and Architecture" in which he stresses three
"reminders" to architects: that of mass, surface and plan. Mass relates to humans being able to see and appreciate the beauty of simple forms in light. The mass is "enveloped
in its surface, a surface which is divided up according to the directing and generating lines of the mass; and this gives the mass individuality". Lastly, the plan "is the
generator" which "holds in itself the essence of sensation" (Le Corbusier, 1924, p. 8). For Le Corbusier, the idea that the plan "is the generator" is repeated several times throughout
the text and this does not just refer to a plan of a single structure, but indeed a plan for entire cities. He adds that "modern life demands, and is
waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city" (Le Corbusier, 1924, p. 8). In the planning of new structures or cities, there are several
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