Michael Sorkin

'AS AN URBANIST, LE CORBUSIER IS A FACIST NIGHTMARE' - Michael Sorkin, Mark Magazine No 27

Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye

What do you think of this stuff? It is Michael Sorkin's own design for the Shanghai Main station district.

[ Our urban design master plan, commissioned by the municipality, is for a 77 hectare site in the Zhabei district of Shanghai. The rapidly developing area includes the city’s northern train station - a major hub - and is bordered by the Suzhou river, one of Shanghai’s great neglected assets. This scheme seeks to “com?plete” the district by reclaiming its waterfront; by retaining the vanishing small-scale com?mercial character of its historic fabric; by providing for a rich mix of uses; by adding a thick layer of green and sustainable interven?tions; by specifying the forms and densities of new buildings and street-scapes; and by developing a rich texture of public spaces. ]

After such a quote, You see his own architecture, which evidently 'borrows' or 'appropriates' for Le Corbusier.