‘The second time such an idea came back to me it arose from a dream that we all-or almost all-of us cherished: that wonderful moment of the rebirth of France after the Liberation. We dreamt of a wonderful adventure, of the gigantic building sites that were everywhere cleared .. The great cities would empty themselves of their construction workers; these would rush upon the blitzed areas, rebuilding in record time all that was demolished, making it anew to demonstrate the modern way of life.