PIONEER OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE

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.

He viewed house as a machine for living in.

Delved into city planning and designed Chandigarh. Died while swimming in Mediterrenean sea on 1965.

Style of Architecture
Mechanical analogy

Linguistic

analogy Five points of Architecture

Use of pilotis i.e. reinforced concrete stilts
Free faade Open floor plan Long horizontal ribbon windows Roof garden

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).

Strong pilotis creating circulation space beneath

Key Features

Window from outside

Window from inside

Snapshots

Snapshots

Ntre Dame du Haut

Ronchamp, France

Roof shell on columns

Diffused Light

Light Tower

Abstract Fountain

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Case Study

Villa Savoye

Location: Poissy, France

Date: 1928 to 1929

Construction System: Reinforced Concrete and plastered unit masonry Climate: Temperate

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.'

'...the garden is also over the house, on the roof...

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Section Drawing

Ramp and Stairs

Interior Views

Presented By: Rakesh Samaddar

Harrshavardhanraju
Vislavath Praveen