Le Corbusier- Pre-War
Le Corbusier's Theory
-classical idealism of form with universal language of geometry and salvation through the machine -lost touch with mass, light, and proportion -new architecture must rely on mass, light, proportion and old geometrical theory -house is a machine for living in
Dom-ino System
1914 simple building structure ideas reflects how dominoes is played reinforced concrete structural frame with reinforced concrete horizontal slabs held by posts (steel or concrete) freestanding stair free of interior and exterior walls
Citrohan House
1920 name is a pun on Citroen (car company) multistory contained volume raised above a carport two parallel load bearing walls with double height space in front and roof terrace multi floor
City Planning
Contemporary City for 3 Million -1922 -sought to give light and cleanliness to everyone utopian cities
Le Corbusier
French 1887-1965 epitome of modernism Charles Edward Genre Le Corbusier is a pseudonym from 1920 many works "Vers Une Architecture (1923)" - towards an architecture, translated as towards a new architecture
5 Points of Architecture
Pilotis- posts -reinforced concrete or steel -allowed for creation of free plan and free facade Free Plan Free Facade Strip Window- can do whatever with windows because facade has no bearing on it Roof Terrace- use under for function, use top for garden
Le Corbusier's Paintings
beginning of abstraction cubism- picaso, braque multiple views at once *purism- invented by Corbusier and Ozenfant -subset of cubism founded in 1917 "After Cubism" -simplification of forms -De Stijl- "The Style" -abstract geometric forms, lines and planes
Combine Classical and Modern
compares old 6th century greek temple (Paestum) and the Parthenon -columns get thinner compares first cars to later cars -become more functional forms progress towards funciton
Villa Savoye 1929
culmination of works commissioned as a summer house main living space is elevated exterior supports allows for a glass wall (non load bearing) two means to get upstairs -ecoit system ? went straight to the top -ramp system (spine) famous for: -5 Points of Architecture -Architectural Promenade --experienced through movement (marche) irregular support grid freestanding sink emphasizes hygiene narrow Corbusian tiles
Chairs
milled lumber and plywoods expressiong of raw material intense color contrast
Mass, Surface, and Plan
referenced silos, airplaines, ships clearly express functions