Film

How Do We Know What Home Looks Like? The Unité d’Habitation of Le Corbusier at Firminy, France

1993 · 31m

Shot in Firminy-Vert, a Le Corbusier Unité, or housing project, in south-central France, this work traces the building’s history through an engagement with the lives of its residents and traces of its past. Called “Le Corbu” after its renowned architect, the complex was built after his death. Here is the space for an unspoken text about architecture and the warring interpretations of Le Corbusier’s idea of what might constitute a human, humane, humanizing space.

• Martha RoslerDirector

Release date

February 8, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

31m