MARSEILLE ARCHITECTURE GUIDE 1945-1993
The objective of this first guide to contemporary architecture in Marseille aims to construct an itinerary composed of a hundred buildings built within the city walls over the period 1945-1993. The choice of these chronological milestones is not fortuitous. The first of these two dates corresponds in fact to the start of the Reconstruction period of which Le Corbusier's Unité d'habitation and the Vieux-Port operation will constitute the most significant elements in this city. As for the second, it coincides with the end of the decade during which architectural production in Marseille, particularly in the public sector, did not remain aloof from the renewal of French architecture dominated by the realization of major presidential projects.
Between these two dates, the urban space of Marseille will undergo profound changes: explosion of the city in the territory with the phenomenon of large complexes, reconstruction of the city on itself with the various renovation operations of the center, modernization of the city through a policy of large facilities such as the metro, development of public spaces, etc.
The objective of this first guide to contemporary architecture in Marseille aims to build an itinerary made up of around a hundred buildings built within the walls over the period 1945-1993. The choice of these chronological milestones is not fortuitous. The first of these two dates corresponds in fact to the start of the Reconstruction period, of which Le Corbusier's housing unit and the operation of the Old Port were to constitute the most significant elements in this city. As for the second, it coincides with the end of the decade during which the architectural production in Marseilles, particularly in the public sector, did not remain on the sidelines of the revival of French architecture dominated by the realization of major presidential projects.
Between these two dates, the urban space of Marseilles will undergo profound changes: explosion of the city in the territory with the phenomenon of large housing estates, reconstruction of the city on itself with the various renovation operations of the center, modernization of the city through a policy of major facilities such as the metro, development of public spaces, etc.
Author: Jacques Sbriglio
Publisher: Parentheses 2013
Weight: 0.5 kg
Dimensions: 24.5 x 1.5 x 15 cm
Language: French