Faced with evidence that the strategy to build large estates had impoverished the grand ideals of the Modern Movement, Jean Renaudie revived the architectural language of his forerunners without...
In the very triumph of modern architecture, the quantitative outweighs the quality. In refuting the basic geometry of his predecessors, John Renaudie designs Star City.
With its 207 housing units and condominiums, shops and public facilities, this area renders the variety of traditional cities through a complex combination of triangular shapes that make its singularity. But if the term is renewed, the ambition to change the city and life remains intact.
