In the 1923 manifesto Toward an Architecture, the architect Le Corbusier proclaimed, “A house is a machine for living in. Baths, sun, hot-water, cold-water, warmth at will, conservation of food, hygiene, beauty in the sense of good proportion.” His contemporary Eileen Gray later responded, “A house is not a machine to live in. It is the shell of man, his extension, his release, his spiritual emanation.” How would you interpret and/or critique this statement in our current context, nearly 100 years later?
