page_title: Rosita De Hornedo
section_title: 3 out 5 points of architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Rosita De Hornedo / Architecture / 3 out 5 points of architecture
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Avenida 1ra, a Hotel Sierra Maestra. Location: Cuba, La Habana Title: Avenida 1ra, a Hotel Sierra Maestra.
context_page_description: The Hotel Rosita De Hornedo, located in the Puntilla area of Miramar, was one of the first major buildings to be built by a private developer in the 1950s in Havana.
context_section_description: The Rosita De Hornedo building has different elevation treatments responding to the exposure of the sun. The north elevation has a view of the sea that gets little if any direct sun-light, it is here where most of the balconies in the building are located. The south elevation is part of, along with the detached structure which allows for a curtain wall construction, 3 out of the 5 points in Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture: 1) The free designing of the ground plan—the absence of supporting walls—means the building is unrestrained in its internal use. 2) The free design of the façade—separating the exterior of the building from its structural function—sets the façade free from structural constraints. 3) And the horizontal window, which cuts the façade along its entire length, lights rooms equally.
caption: And the horizontal window, which cuts the façade along its entire length, lights rooms equally."[12]
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