‘L'asile Flottant': Modernist Reflections by the Armée Du Salut and Le Corbusier on the Refuge/Refuse of Modernity

doi:10.4324/9781315654188-12

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‘L'asile Flottant': Modernist Reflections by the Armée Du Salut and Le Corbusier on the Refuge/Refuse of Modernity

ABSTRACT

A boat is a floating piece of space, a place without place, which lives by itself, which is closed in on itself and that is at the same time exposed to the infinity of the sea.