Le Corbusier
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Le Corbusier made architecture seem easy. His mind was focused. His lines are fecund and lean. His circles weave tabular cones of early morning facial grimaces. His buildings are magnificent. My spirit revolts positively whenever I muse over the masterpieces he left behind. He held his breath on rotund glimpses that stretched out in mirrors so sopping that they simply diffuse distortions. He truly was the architect of his own breathtaking designs. Impeccably talented.
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Despite the imagery, Le Corbusier sees himself as a technical genius and demands power in the name of his truths. Technocracy, in this instance, is the belief that the human problem of urban design has a unique solution, which an expert can discover and execute. Deciding such technical matters by politics and bargaining would lead to the wrong solution. As there is a single, true answer to the problem of planning the modern city, no compromises are possible
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― Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
― Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
