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#32 - Léon Krier: His Life & Education, Traditional Urbanism & The Threat of Bureaucracy

The Aesthetic City

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From Modernism to Tradition: An Architect's Journey

This chapter explores the speaker's transformative journey in architecture, highlighting their upbringing in Luxembourg City and early influences from family travels to Italy. It contrasts traditional and modern architectural philosophies, discussing the challenges they faced in favoring one over the other in a predominantly modernist academic environment. Through personal reflections and professional experiences, the speaker articulates their evolving understanding of public spaces, community, and the role of traditional wisdom in contemporary urbanism.

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