The Guardian — Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse rooftop gym transformed into art space
French designer Ora-Ïto is converting the famous Marseille roof terrace into a haven for contemporary art. "Welcome to my place," says Ito Morabito, perched on the balustrade of the most famous rooftop of any 20th-century building. Behind the young French designer, concrete forms gleam in the midday Marseille sun: a great ventilation stack flares out like a sculptural vase; a paddling pool nestles beneath a classroom on stilts; children clamber on a mock-mountain of rugged rocks.
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