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Why are Le Corbusier's giant buildings worse than Barcelona's superblocks?

Barcelona's are shorter, include a variety of buildings per block, and are generally ringed by retail. Example: http://www.densityatlas.org/user-images/139-1.jpg

Le Corbusier was building single taller buildings, surrounded by empty lawns. Example: http://scd.france24.com/en/files/imagecache/france24_ct_api_...

I live in ex-USSR and Soviet urban planning was a mix of both approaches.Sadly, today they are building up in a chaotic way, because corruption.