"THE ARTIST DEFAMILIARIZES THE WORLD—MAKES THINGS STRANGE—AND WAKES US UP."
—JEF7REY HILDNER, DISTURBANCE

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In honor of the centennial of a book―

TOWARD AN ARCHITECTURE
1923
By Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris
aka Le Corbusier
Architect Painter Writer

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THE GENIUS OF LE CORBUSIER, the Swiss-French master, inspired me 50 years ago as a student at Princeton University to likewise become an architect, painter, and writer.

(And change my name―more than once!)

Through all my creative endeavors, including 11 books, I passionately explore the architecture of art and life.

"Architecture is a story told through a building," as I proclaimed in my book Visual Ef9ects. In Disturbance, a follow-up to my book Toward An Architecture AI | 2023, I showcase more visions of Daedalus 9—our dream house—inspired by the tragic but heroic story of the mythical ancient Greek architect, inventor of the Labyrinth and Wings.

I envision the final design emerging from an artistic fusion of Natural Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence, which I call ZIntelligence.

The result? A ZI House.

And I dream of someday supervising robots and androids as they build the story of Daedalus 9: The Labyrintheum—the world conjured from the quarry of myth.

Above all, I seek to transform the world through the magic of art, simultaneously aesthetic and symbolic, resonating with a paranormal blend of originality and archetypal power.

I aspire to evoke emotion, herald brave creativity, and reveal a universe we can't see if we take the Blue Pill.

Architecture is the Red Pill.

I hope this book inspires a metamorphic Disturbance ―like Le Corbusier's book Toward an Architecture, the epic prequel to my modest tribute.

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For Mercedes―the love of my life

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2024923160