Lecture “Le Corbusier and the Architecture of Human Rights”

As part of Human Rights Week, we will talk about how the concept has continued to change cities and homes since the nineteenth century, and how architecture embodies and realizes human rights. It may seem that architecture is a form of creativity as far removed from human rights as possible. At the same time, architecture is the physical expression of the relationship between people and nature. Consequently, it has revolutionary potential to rethink and change the way we live and interact with the outside world. The most famous architect of the 20th century, Le Corbusier, took full advantage of this potential of architecture. Based on his utopian ideas and realized projects, we will talk about the achievements and problems of realizing human rights in modern cities. The meeting will be moderated by Andrei Amirov, a lecturer in the history and theory of contemporary art and architecture.