<img width="640" height="867" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/61675_1772746b72842515_b-700x948.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features an aerial perspective of a of the Palace of Versailles and a rectangular housing at the upper left, adjacent to the Palace Grounds. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/61675_1772746b72842515_b-700x948.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/61675_1772746b72842515_b-221x300.jpg 221w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/61675_1772746b72842515_b-170x230.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/61675_1772746b72842515_b.jpg 756w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="30275" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/06/19/monumentality-in-social-housing/61675_1772746b72842515_b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/61675_1772746b72842515_b.jpg" data-orig-size="756,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="61675_1772746b72842515_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/61675_1772746b72842515_b-221x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/61675_1772746b72842515_b-700x948.jpg" />Ricardo Bofill’s architectural design, Aerial Perspective of the Lake, the Arcades, the Viaduct, and the Temple Housing Complex for St. Quentin-en-Yvelines (1981) displays the architect’s concept sketch for a monumental housing project to be constructed in the outskirts of Paris.[1] While the idea of constructing mass social housing in suburban Paris dates back to the...
