What once started as a way of lifting the British working class out of slums has over time just descended into these crime-ridden dilapidated areas. JimmytheGiant: The Evil Decline of Britain’s Dystopia Estates
The Boundary Estate: They found out that the rent was double that of the slums. ibid.
A new dope-strain of architecture called Modernism. ibid.
Brutalism was like a reaction to Modernism. ibid.
A strange movement is forming. These videos get millions and millions of views, and it seems like the central theme is this hatred for modern architecture, modern cities. And throughout all of these videos there is one name that just repeatedly comes up: Le Corbusier. JimmytheGiant podcast: The Fascist Who Built a Real-Life Dystopia, Youtube 2024
Charles got pretty stuck into the underworld of Paris. ibid.
He had a total freedom from the rules of architecture. ibid.
This movement spans across many different art forms. ibid.
They believed that buildings should be fundamentally functional. ibid.
‘He had designed a new city built for a modern man.’ ibid. reporter
He was a fascist … In 1922 Le Corbusier proposed to flatten very historic, very beautiful, part of Paris, and make way for concrete skyscrapers. ibid.
Ugly, but revolutionary … Now the prominent French architect. ibid.