1 Form follows climate, not fashion Every cantilever and ribbon window was calibrated for Mediterranean heat and light — not passing trends.
2 White is not absence — it is conviction Over 4,000 buildings chose stucco-white as a collective manifesto against ornament and excess.
3 Geometry carries its own argument Rectilinear volumes, thin pillars, flat roofs — each formal decision justified itself through use.
4 The city is the lesson, not a single building Heritage stewards recognized the entire urban fabric as legacy — a continuous Bauhaus teaching in concrete.