2024-05-03T13:23:37-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/57152518/corbu-s-izmir Orhan Ayyüce 2012-09-12T21:03:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nd/ndxtmd8388ufxwnb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> In 1948 Le Corbusier was retained by the municipality of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izmir" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Izmir</a> (my home town) to develop a visionary master plan for the city. He disregarded the historic core of Izmir which is laced with artifacts and buildings as old as 3500 years old and eventually was forced to resign from the job and most of his fees were cancelled. There are some faint lines from his plan remains today like the International Fair grounds, a purple colored oval area on the plans. His ideas would be very inadequate and lose their initial vision for a city of 4 million residents <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/%C4%B0zmir%2C_Turkey.JPG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">today</a> on a relatively small footprint surrounding its bay.</p>