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Le Corbusier
(1887-1965)
BIOGRAPHY
Charles-douard JeanneretGris aka Le Corbusier was a Swiss-born French architect. 1907 worked under Auguste Perrete at Paris. 1908 studied architecture at Vienna. During World War I he came up with Domino house.
BIOGRAPHY
1918 1922 - developed Purist painting with Ozenfant. Partnering with his cousin, they made a series of villas.
Style of Architecture
Mechanical analogy
Linguistic
Major Projects
UN Headquarters
Architects : Le Corbusier Oscar Niemeyer
Golden Ratio
Assembly Hall
Aerial View
Chandigarh
Unit d'Habitation
Le Corbusier attempted to realize his urban planning schemes on a small scale by constructing a series of "units" around France.
The most famous of these was the Unit d'Habitation of Marseilles (19461952).
Key Features
Snapshots
Snapshots
Ronchamp, France
Diffused Light
Light Tower
Abstract Fountain
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Case Study
Villa Savoye
Style: Modern
The reinforced concrete gives us the pilotis. The house is up in the air, far from the ground: the garden runs under the house...
'The columns set back from the facades, inside the house. The floor continues cantilevered. The facades are no longer anything but light skins of insulating walls or windows. The facade is free.'
'Until now: load-bearing walls; . forming the ground floor and the upper stories, up to the eaves. The layout is a slave to the supporting walls. Reinforced concrete in the house provides a free plan!...
'The window is one of the essential features of the house. Reinforced concrete provides a revolution in the history of the window. Windows can run from one end of the facade to the other.'
Section Drawing
Interior Views
Harrshavardhanraju
Vislavath Praveen