LE CORBUSIER
Le Corbusier
• Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris
• Swiss-French architect
• studied in Vienna
• He travelled from 1907-1912
• embarked on a more
theoretical study for a
structural frame of reinforced
concrete Le Corbusier called
the Maison Dom-ino
• prefabricated system for the
construction of new housing in
the wake of World War I's
destruction
• I'Esprit Nouveau, founded in 1919 by Le
Corbusier,
• Modular dwelling block that can be
attached to form bigger structure
• Open plan
• With kitchen and living areas on ground
floor
• Bedroom and bathroom on second floor
• 1922, formed a architectural partnership
with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret
5 POINTS OF ARCHITECTURE
1. pillars supporting the structure, thus freeing the ground beneath
the building
2. a roof terrace, transformable into a garden and an essential part
of the house
3. an open floor plan;
4. a facade free of ornamentation
5. windows in strips that affirm the independence of the structural
frame. The interior provides the typical spatial contrast between
open, split-level living space and the cell-like bedrooms.
FAMOUS WORKS
Villa Savoye
• Pierre and Emilie Savoye
• 1928-1931
• Shows the 5 points of
design by Le Corbusier
.
Notre dame de haut
• Is a chapel that was also known as
Ronchamp
• Completed in 1954
• two entrances, a main altar, and three
chapels beneath towers.
• The structure is built mostly of concrete
and stone, which was a remnant of the
original chapel built on the hilltop site
destroyed during World War II.
• Example of expressionist style
Fond of using concrete and later coined the
beton brut which means raw concrete.
This gave rise to the style of brutalism
making raw concrete as the element of
design
Interior of Notre Dame
Buildings in Chandigarh
• Legislative assembly
• Punjab and Haryana High Court
• Secritariat Building
Swiss Pavillion
• The Swiss Pavilion was
required to provide 50
beds, kitchens and
common toilets on each
floor, offices and housing
for the director, and a
common area to serve as
a dining room or living
room.
• 1930-1932
Villa Contemporaine
• Was built in 1922
• This is made for 3
million inhabitants
• built on steel frames
and encased in curtain
walls of glass
• skyscrapers were set
within large,
rectangular park-like
green spaces.
It was in 1945 that Le Corbusier finally
closed the researches on proportion that
he had conducted for twenty years, and
which had won for him, ten years
previously, the degree of Dr. h.c. in
philosophy and mathematics of the
University of Zurich
Modulor
The Modulor is an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by the
Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier (1887–1965). It was developed
as a visual bridge between two incompatible scales, the imperial and the
metric system. It is based on the height of a man with his arm raised
Philosophies
“For the first time perhaps, the pressing problems of architecture
were solved in a modern spirit. Economy, sociology, aesthetics: a
new solution using new methods.”
“through the channel of my painting, I arrived at my
architecture”
