Gallery: The Radical Le Corbusier Design That Shaped Italy
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A beautiful series of micro-documentaries, called *99 Dom-Ino*, spotlights buildings around Italy inspired by Le Corbusier's Maison Dom-Ino.
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Maison Dom-Ino was a World War I-era plan Le Corbusier came up with for standardized housing.
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It was radical at the time. Instead of building walls, the plan called for reinforced concrete beams and open floor plans.
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Le Corbusier released the plan without a client. In the 1920s and 1930s, he published the ideas, and avant-garde architects took notice. The plan inspired legions of buildings across the Italian (and Greek, and French) countryside.
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Today, the structures are everywhere. Space Caviar founder Joseph Grima says they're even regarded in some places as an eyesore.
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Some are inhabited.
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Some are not.
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Together, the 99 two- and three-minutes films Space Caviar created make a composite portrait of the Dom-Ino’s legacy.
