In Search of an Ideal Place to Live, From the Philosophy of Feng Shui, Through the Visions of Le Corbusier and Unité D'habitation, to the Nightingale Model

Abstract

The feng shui philosophy, Le Corbusier's visions and the Nightingale model are three seemingly different approaches to the issue of housing. This article is an attempt to find similarities among all of the concepts and to indicate the main contrasts between them. The aim of this article is to find a set of features that make a perfect place to live.