The core of Le Corbusier’s plan stood the notion of
zoning: a strict division of the city into segregated
commercial, business, entertainment and residential
areas. The business district was located in the
center, and contained monolithic mega-skyscrapers,
each reaching a height of 200 meters and
accommodating five to eight hundred thousand
people. Located in the center of this civic district
was the main transportation deck, from which a vast
underground system of trains would transport
citizens to and from the surrounding housing
districts.
the Ville Radieuse was a linear city based upon the
abstract shape of the human body with head, spine,
arms and legs. The design maintained the idea of
high-rise housing blocks, free circulation and
abundant green spaces proposed in his earlier work.
[2] The blocks of housing were laid out in long lines