The city that broke a genius architect's heart — and his ego.
In 1929, Le Corbusier travels to Buenos Aires to give a series of lectures on Modern Architecture. During his visit, he proposed an urban plan for the city. Since his trip and for more than twenty years, he would obsessively develop his proposal, trying by all possible means to make the plan for Buenos Aires a reality.
Editing
Elegant weaving of archival letters, sketches, and modern Buenos Aires footage.
Direction
Panero lets Corbusier's own words damn him — no narration needed.
Director
Gerardo Panero
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Corbusier's plan would have obliterated Buenos Aires' historic center, including the Casa Rosada — his model shows a highway where the presidential palace stands.
The documentary quietly argues that Latin American modernism had to reject European masters to find its own voice — a rebuke still echoing in postcolonial architecture debates.
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