ARTE Documentaries

The Century Of Le Corbusier (2015x9)

Air date: May 13, 2015

Architect and town planner, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) revolutionized housing and imposed a modern conception of collective life. Even more, he gave birth to an aesthetic and dreamed of another society. The film, through the interviews and texts of Corbusier, establishes a dialogue between man and his century, that of world wars, ideologies and totalitarianisms. Based on interviews and personal writings, this documentary gives an overview of life at the time: the century of world wars, ideologies and totalitarianism.