The ramp
Instead of stairs.
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Casa Curutchet is the only house the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier designed in Latin America that was actually built, in La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires province. The surgeon Pedro Domingo Curutchet commissioned it in 1948; it was built between 1949 and 1953 and in 2016 joined the UNESCO World Heritage listing of Le Corbusier's works around the world. It stands on a plot of barely 180 square metres between two buildings, yet fits the doctor's surgery at the front and the family home at the back, separated by a courtyard with a tree, and its floors are linked by a ramp instead of stairs. It holds Le Corbusier's key ideas: slender columns, a free facade, horizontal windows, a sun screen and a roof garden, looking out over the city's woods across the street. Visits are by guided tour only, Tuesday to Saturday at four set times, booked ahead on the website of the province's college of architects, which bought the house in 2025. Entry is free on Thursdays. La Plata is about an hour from Buenos Aires.
Instead of stairs.
Between clinic and home.
A Le Corbusier idea.
Avenida 53 No. 320, between 1 and 2, La Plata
No. Visits are guided and booked ahead, Tuesday to Saturday; entry is free on Thursdays.
