aesthetics and literature: from a roof garden to a vertical forest

the Towers of Babylon a message inside a tomato the house and garden as the Other

The greenery to be experienced on the top of a building is a problem that Le Corbusier faced as early as 1923, in one of the essays that make up . He imagined the pillars set back from the façade, to allow the building body to float, separating and giving relief, lightness, and fluidity to the building mass. The sense of telluric belonging is embodied above, in the , hovering towards the celestial arch, which allows the occupants to relax and practice physical activity in a natural setting without leaving their home. The roof terrace gives man back the green, which is not only under the , but also above. House and garden are perceived as a reflection of the other: . The ambiguity of this relationship goes to the maximum, overturning secular practices. Between the