The concept «machine à habiter / machine to live in» was developed by the French-nationalized Swiss architect and urban planner Le Corbusier (1887-1965). With this, he emphasized not only the functional component of housing, but also that this functionality should be intended for living, the latter being understood from a metaphysical point of view. He was dazzled by the then new machines, especially automobiles and airplanes, considering those that had practical and functional designs, as a model for an architecture whose beauty was based on functionality.