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““PIONEER OF MODERNPIONEER OF MODERN

ARCHITECTURE”ARCHITECTURE”

(1887-1965)

Le Corbusier

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Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris aka LeCorbusier was aSwiss-born Frencharchitect.

1907 – worked underu!uste "errete at

"aris. 190# – studied

architecture at

$ienna.

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191# – 19** -de+elo)ed "urist)aintin! with,enant.

"artnerin! with hiscousin/ the (ade aseries o +illas.

e +iewed house as 2a(achine or li+in! in3.

%el+ed into cit

)lannin! and desi!ned

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4echanical analo!Lin!uistic analo!Fi+e )oints o rchitecture

se o pilotis i.e. reinorcedconcrete stilts

Free a8ade,)en oor )lan

Lon! horiontal ribbonwindows

:oo arden

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UN

Headquartersrchitects ;

Le Corbusier,scar

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Golden :atio

sse(bl all

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erial

$iew

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Le Corbusier atte()ted torealie his urban )lannin!sche(es on a s(all scale

b constructin! a series o=unit>s= around France.

 ?he (ost a(ous o thesewas the nit> d@abitation

o 4arseilles A19B5–196*.

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   K  e  y

   F  e  a

   t  u  r  e  s

Stron! pilotis creatin! circulations)ace beneath

&indow ro( outside

&indow ro( inside

, the 5 units built/ the onein Eerlin has sui !enerischaracteristics/ since Le

Corbusier had to ada)t thedesi!n o the buildin! to

theGer(an (odulated re!ulat

or reuire(entsHowever, only 5 residential unitswere built around the world. The

most famous of the units is that of

Marseilles, in France, called

theCit é Radieuse or Radiant City(1!5". #thers are located in

$antes%Re&> (15'", erlin(15)", riey%en%For*t (15+" and

Firminy (1)".

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-+olu(es areessentiall

elon!ated boHes/su))orted on )ilotisin order to achie+e

better s)atialinte!ration with its

)edestrianen+iron(ent.

-  terrace used as a!arden to

co()ensateoccu)ied area to

nature-Le Corbusier@s

)ro)osal or Eerlinincludes 6I0nit> Erie-en-Fort.

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the ho(es are du)leH/ that is to sa/ a two-stora)art(ent/ and ha+e internal stairs/ enKoin!

(ore s)aciousness

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Sna)shots

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ori!inala)art(ents/ eH)ressin

!

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he intended to eH)ress the indi+idualit oeach de)art(ent throu!h series o color

tones a))lied in the lar!e white can+as whichis the buildin!@s acade.

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Nôtre Dame du Haut

:oncha()/France

omle2 is comosed of several elements, leaded by the chael, the eslanade,

the residence of the mon3s, a memorial yramid and bell tower. chael is located eccentrically on to of the hill and is oriented east%west, nearly

erendicular to the access ath. 

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The south facade 

austerit its o)enness to the co((unit and its

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austerit/ its o)enness to the co((unit and itsconce)tion as a contrastin! ele(ent in the landsca)e.

- ?he cha)el owes its sha)e to its relationshi) to thelandsca)e. ach o the acades res)onds to dierent

attitudes; welco(e/ celebration/ ser+ice/ s(bolis(.-. ?he roo scul)tural character dra(aties the )ower and(alleabilit o the concrete to co()ose or!anic +olu(es.-. ll these ele(ents co(e to!ether to create a (stical

and dra(atic interior s)ace in which li!ht is the)rota!onist.- ?he conca+e wall welco(es +isitors ascendin! ro( the)ath. 'ts broad-based trian!ular section see(s to be a

continuation o the hill/ risin! to su))ort the roo.- ?he southern wall is uite wide in the +icinit o the

entrance AI.7 ( but it narrows and !ets hi!her at theother end A1.7 (.

- ?he wall thickness is e+idenced b the rando( )attern o

rectan!ular windows o dierent sie and orientation/

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-entrance is anked b +ertical se(i-clindrical ele(ent/ one o the three

cha)els under the three (inor cha)els

included in the church.-access is stressed b chan!in! its colorto concrete and se)aratin! it ro( the

white wall and cur+e.

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-The wall is erforated by tiny

s4uare fenestrations and there is a

lass bo2 which 3ees a statue of the6irin Mary.

Nort !a"ade 

-Facin! a lar!e concourse othe )il!ri(s/ east conca+e

a8ade houses as(all eHternal cha)el.

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#$%t

To&er

D$'used#$%tshae of the windows in the thic3 wall, is cut obli4uely

and widen, allowin the liht to ently fade inside. 

, the east wall, where thealtar is laced, has small

windows which from the

inside loo3 li3e stars. The

ede of the walls is

demarcated by a line ofliht, searatin them from 

the roof.

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$orth facades has ' chaels flan3in

the secondary access7 both

are symmetrically arraned around thea2is of the door. However, their curved

shae invite to access to the interior.

8est facades has semi%cylindrical

towers with lateral incisions. Their

verticality is a counteroint to the

hori&ontality of the buildin. 

9n the center of the wall is located a

aroyle, the visible art of the roof,

which collects rain water and drain it to

a concrete fountain sculture

underneath. 

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A(stra"tFou)ta$)

"Above the drawing board I have the

shell of a crab collected in Long Island

near New York. It will be the roof of the

chapel: two laers of concrete ! c

thick and separations of #.#$ . %heshell will be sustained on recovered

stone walls. "  

"%he shell has been placed on

the walls that are absurdl but

 practicall thick. Inside the

however are reinforcedconcrete coluns. %he shell will

rest in these coluns but it will

not touch the wall. A hori&ontal

crack of light '( c wide will

aa&e."   Le Corbusier.

ROOF 

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*$++a Sa+oe

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#o"at$o), "oiss/ France

Date, 19*# to 19*9

Co)stru"t$o) -ystem,:einorced Concrete and)lastered unit (asonr

C+$mate,  ?e()erate

-ty+e, 4odern

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M?he reinorced concrete !i+es us the )ilotis.  ?he house is u) in the air/ ar ro( the

!round; the !arden runs under the house...N

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 @?he colu(ns set back ro(the acades/ inside thehouse. ?he oor continuescantile+ered. ?he acades

are no lon!er anthin! butli!ht skins o insulatin! wallsor windows.  ?he acade isree.@ 

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@ntil now; load-bearin! wallsO P. or(in! the!round oor and the u))er stories/ u) to theea+es. ?he laout is a sla+e to the su))ortin!

walls. :einorced concrete in the houseN

@?h i d i

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 @?he window is oneo the essentialeatures o thehouse. :einorcedconcrete )ro+ides are+olution in thehistor o thewindow. &indows 

can run ro( oneend o the acadeto the other.@

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 @...the !arden is also o+er the house/ on theroo...N

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.rou)d F+oorP+a)

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F$rst F+oorP+a)

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-e"t$o) Dra&$)%

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Ram/ a)d -ta$rs

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I)ter$or*$e&s

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THE SECRETARIAT 

-'t consists o L-sha)edblock/ ra(ed b aconcrete co+er thatunctions as a lar!e

u(brella that unolds

!raceull in the sha)e oarches .

-Le Corbusier used to sathat both the sun and therain are co()onents othe architecture/ and

thereore a))lied hisconce)t o brise-soleil.

-Eoth ront and rear acades ares)atiall linked throu!h a )ortico or(ed b

three lar!e )ainted concrete colu(ns .

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:etail of the facade of the Court,

showin different rid comositions.

:etail of the concrete arasol and its

encounter with the lates.

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-buildin contains ; hih courts, sureme cour searated by lates .-courts are saces of ; < ; < 1' meters, in which =e Corbusier alied

another of his well%3nown rinciles, the modulation system 3nown as modulor 

 . -:etail the erforations in the rams forimressive view of entire caitol comle2 

-,n the roo/ LeCorbusier de+ised a set

o outdoor terraces/which unortunateltoda are used as

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4ain acade o the Secretariat.

-the other endo the Ca)itol/

theSecretariat  is alon!/ #-stor/*B6 ( lon!and B* hi!h

block.

-9n contrast to the

liht rid of the

facade, there is a

massive sculturalelement, ierced

by small windows,

that houses a

series of internal

rams. 

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The front rid is rotated

:etail of the tower of the

shadows. ehind the >ssemblybuildin 

"it is possible to control the sunlight in the 4corners of a building, play with it even in ahot country and nally obtain lowte! eratures" 

l th t f th

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MONUMENT TO OPEN HAND09t is a lare rectanular

bloc3 that reaches ?; m

at its hihest oint.

  9nstead two leislative

houses of curved forms

are lin3ed by a foyer.

ame volume on the terrace of the

 >ssembly 

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