Veiling Architecture Privacy in Loos and Le Corbusier

The following attempts to discuss the different approaches to privacy adopted by adolfloos and le corbusier, as two of the most influential pioneers of modern architecture. it will be argued thatboth architects were influenced by the developing technologies of their time, yet they reacted differentlyto the increasing influence of film and photography on art, architecture and everyday life. the paperstructures its argument in two parts: the first part discusses walter benjamin’s theories on the differencebetween traditional art and modern art and how advances in technology undermined the aura of a work ofart and made it more accessible to the masses. in the second part of this paper, loos and le corbusier’sdifferent architectural strategies are analysed and compared. it will be argued that loos’s approach to thedistinctions between publicity and privacy and masculine and feminine aspects of architecture, differsfundamentally from those views held by le corbusier, who was much more in favour of the moderntechnological advances. it will be further elaborated that loos’s architecture displays a translucentphilosophy, maintaining the interaction and seduction between the two sides of the architectural surface.le corbusier on the other hand, fluctuates between a reflective philosophy and transparent philosophy ofthe gaze, imploding the traditional distinctions between inside and outside, private and public.