These three-metre-wide communal walkways – the "streets in the sky" promoted by Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation and many of the unbuilt projects by Alison and Peter Smithson – were designed as a modern replacement for the cobbled terraces of the former slums. Image courtesy of the Architectural Press Archive/RIBA Library Photographs Collection This meant the architects could maintain a level roofline, and allowed the creation of the elevated open-air decks. Image courtesy of the Architectural Press Archive/RIBA Library Photographs CollectionĪs a result of the steep hillside site, the buildings rise from four storeys at the highest point to 13 at the lowest. Built over one of the city's seven hills, it replaced an assortment of back-to-back housing, tenement blocks and waste sites, creating nearly 1,000 new homes.
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