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promenade: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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promenade1 CONSTRUCTArchitectural promenadeLE CORBUSIER · ROUTE

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Architecture

A choreographed route of movement through a building

In architecture, the promenade (the promenade architecturale associated with Le Corbusier) is the deliberately composed path a visitor takes through a building, a sequence of framed views, turns, ramps, and thresholds designed so that the architecture is understood in motion rather than from a single vantage. The design treats movement itself as a medium, orchestrating what is revealed and concealed as one proceeds. Samuel's chapter on the elements of the architectural promenade in Le Corbusier in detail sets out its devices and intent. The referent is a planned spatial narrative of movement through built space, a wholly different construct from a dancer's slow turn in place.[1]

Unit
A composed sequence of views and passages experienced while moving through a building
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Measured by
Analyzed through the ordering of thresholds, sightlines, ramps, and reveals that structure a visitor's path

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References

  1. Samuel, F. (2007). Elements of the architectural promenade. In Le Corbusier in detail. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080550626-11

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