The essay should focus on how functionalist universalism failed to capture the ideals of local people. It should include examples of projects that ignored the local lifestyles while focusing on functional architecture and also projects that attempted to suit regional climate, culture and lifestyles. ATBAT-Afrique’s Carrières Centrales Housing in Casablanca is one good example. Architects actually took into account the local lifestyle by making the balconies more private, however the locals converted all these balconies into rooms by closing them because there wasn’t enough room for these large Muslim families. If you could find examples by Le Corbusier that would also be great. I know that he has a housing project in Southern France that the locals hated and decided to change but I can’t find it now. Definitely check out the text”An Alternative to Functionalist Universalism” and cite it please.
