LE

CORBUSIER
INTRODUCTION

• CHARLES EDOUARD JEANNERET NOW POPULARLY KNOWN AS LE

CORBUSIER
• BORN ON 6th OF OCTOBER’ 1887 AT LA CHAUX DE FONDS IN
SWISSJURA MOUNTAINS 4 KMS FROM FRENCH BORDER
• HE STARTED WORKING UNDER CONTRACTER PERRET, LE
CORBUSIER’S SO CALLED MASTER
• HE AS A CHILD PREPARED HIMSELF FOR A MANUAL OCCUPATION
• HE LEFT HIS SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 13½ YRS
• JOINED AN ART SCHOOL LATER
IDEOLOGY

 THE PILOTIS
 ROOF GARDEN
 FREE FLOOR PLAN
 ELONGATED WINDOW
 FREE FACADE
 THE PILOTIS

 PILOTIS MEANS COLUMNS

 IT HELPED TO REDEFINE THE HOUSE AS A
MATTER OF FORM AND FUNCTION
 REINFORCED CONCRETE GAVE US THE PILOTIS
 IT RAISED THE BUILDING IN THE AIR, FAR FROM
THE SOIL, WITH GARDENS STRETCHING
BENEATH THE BUILDING
 FOR E.G VILLA SAVOYE,POISSY IN FRANCE IN
1929
 PILOTIS USUALLY SERVED AS AN ELEMENT OF
DRAMATIZATION AND VISUAL ISOLATION

PILOTIS
 THE ROOF GARDEN

 USUALLY KNOWN AS HANGING GARDEN

 FIRST REALIZATION OF THIS IDEA WAS IN
THE SMALL HOUSE THAT THE ARCHITECT
BUILT FOR HIS PARENTS ON LAKE GENEVA
IN 1923 IS DESCRIBED IN A HYMNAL TONE
 REINFORCED CONCRETE MADE THE
STRUCTURALLY HOMOGENOUS ROOF
POSSIBLE
 REASON OF TECHNIQUE, ECONOMY AND
COMFORT LEAD TO THE ADOPTION OF THE
ROOF TERRACE AND THE ROOF GARDEN
 THE ROOF GARDEN OFTEN EQUIPPED FOR
SPORTS, EMULATES THE ‘CONDITION OF
NATURE’ IN HUMAN HABITAT

ROOF GARDEN
THE FLOOR PLAN

 REINFORCED CONCRETE BROUGHT THE INNOVATION OF THE FREE

PLAN IN WHICH THE INTERIORS WERE NO LONGER THE RIGIDLY
DETERMINED BY THE STRUCTURAL WALLS , THEY HAD BECOME FREE
 IN PARIS, THE PRINCIPLE HAD BEEN BEAUTIFULLY DEMONSTRATED BY
PERRET’S APARTMENT HOUSE
 LE CORBUISER SUGGESTED A COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE OF
STRUCTURAL SUPPORT ARCHITECTURAL “INFILL”
 HE USED SLIDING WALLS THAT DIVIDED THE LIVING ROOM INTO THREE
BEDROOMS AT NIGHT
THE ELONGATED WINDOW
 LE CORBUSIER’S OBSESSION WITH THE
FORM OF THE FACADE LONG WINDOWS
THAT IS TOTALLY INDEPENDENY OF
STRUCTURE
 ITS NO SURPRISE THAT THE ARCHITECT
ONCE AGAIN PRODUCED A SCIENTIFIC
DEMONSTRATION IN ORDER TO PROVE
THE SUPERIORITY OF THE NEW WINDOW
TYPE
 FOR EXAMPLE , ON AN INTIMATE SCALE ON
THE UPPER FLOOR OF THE VILLA
VAUCRESSON AND IN THE JEANNERET
HOUSE ON LAKE GENEVA

ELONGATED WINDOW
THE FREE FACADE

 PILLARS RETREATED FROM THE FACADE TO THE INSIDE OF

THE HOUSE I.E THE FACADE BECAME NO MORE THAN LIGHT
MEMBRANE
 CONSIST OF ISOLATING WINDOWS
 FACADE WAS NOW FREE AND THE WINDOWS COULD EXTEND
WITHOUT INTERRUPTION FRON ONE END TO THE OTHER

THE REAL MOTIVATION FOR IT WAS LE CORBUSIER’S URGE

TO BRING HIS OLYMPIAN STATEMENTS TO THE NUMBER FIVE
 THE MODULAR

• THE MODULAR WAS A SYSTEM OF

PROPORTIONING WORKED OUT BY LE
CORBUSIER ESSENTIALLY THE
MODULAR IS A SERIES OF PROPORTIONS NOT
UNLIKE THE GOLDEN SECTION USED BY
ANCIENT GREEKS.
• BASED ON THE MEASUREMENTS OF A SIX-
FOOT MAN IN VARIOUS POSITIONS, STANDING,
SITTING, LYING DOWN ETC.
• TWO SERIES OF MEASUREMENTS
WERE DEVELOPED,THE ONE DERIVED FROM A
STANDING FIGURE, THE OTHER FROM A
FIGURE WITH AN ARM UPRAISED.
 THE MODULAR WAS BOTH A MODULE OF MEASUREMENT AND OF
SCALE;IN ADDITION IT PROVIDES A MEANS OF RELATING
MEASUREMENTS IN FEETAND INCHES TO THOSE OF THE METRIC
SYSTEM.
 ‘THE MODULAR’ , LE CORBUSIER WROTE, IS A MEASURING TOOL
BASED ON THE HUMAN BODY AND ON MATHEMATICS. A MAN WITH AN
ARM UPRAISED PROVIDES, AT THE DETERMINING POINTS OF HIS
OCCUPATION OF SPACE- FOOT, SOLAR PLEXUS, HEAD, TIPS OF
FINGERS OF THE UPRAISED ARM- THREE INTERVALS WHICH GIVE RISE
TO A SERIES OF GOLDEN SECTIONS CALLED THE FIBNACCI SERIES.
THE TYPICAL SPATIAL POSITIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY
IMPORTANT WORKS

 VILLA SAVOYE,1929
 PALACE OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS,GENEVA,1927
 SWISS STUDENTS HOSTEL CITE UNIVERSITAIRE PARIS,1930-32
 THE MODULAR,1945
 MRS MANORAMA SARABHAIS HOUSE,AHMEDABAD,1954
 SHODAN HOUSE AHMEDABAD,1956
 MILLOWNERS ASSOCIATION AHMEDABAD,1954
 CHAPEL OF NOTRE-DAME RONCHAMP,1950-55
 UNITED D’ HABITATION MARSEILLES,1946-52
 MUSEUM,AHMEDABAD,1954-57
VILLA SAVOYE, POISSY,FRANCE 1931
VILLA SAVOYE,POISSY- FRANCE
1929-31

 VILLA SAVOYE IS RELATED TO THE WHOLE RANGE OF LE

CORBUSIER’S ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING
 IT IS SITUATED ON SMOOTHLY SLOPING HILL TOP IN MIDST OF
FIELDS
 IT ILLUSTRATES WITH EXTREME CLARITY AND IS PERHAPS THE
MOST FAITHFUL IN ITS OBSERVATION OF HI FIVE POINTS I.E
PILOTIS, ROOF GARDEN, FREE FLOOR PLAN , ELONGATED
WINDOW, AND FREE FAÇADE
 PALLADIAN GRID IS FOLLOWED
 GOLDEN PROPOTIONS ARE ANALYSED
 COLUMNS OF THE BUILDINGS ARE DEFINED BY A SYSTEM OF
WALLS INDEPENDENT OF STRUCTURE
 ENTRY TO THE PROPERTY IS THROUGH A GATE AT ONE END OF
HIGH STONE WALL
PLANS
TURNING RADIUS OF THE CAR FORMING
SEMI CIRCULAR RECEPTION HALL

VIEW FROM INSIDE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE

 THERE IS SMALL GATE KEEPER’S LODGE AT THE ENTRANCE
 THE MAIN PORTION OF THE HOUSE IS RAISED ON THE
COLUMNS WHICH ARE SET ON GRASS PLANE
 SECOND LEVEL WITH OPEN GARDEN TERRACE, AS THE
EXTENTION OF THE MAIN ROOMS OF THE HOUSE IS LIFTED
UPON COLUMNS
 LIVING AREA OPENS ON THE SOUTH TO THE GARDEN
THROUGH LARGE FLOOR TO CEILING SLIDING GLASS DOORS
 GROUND FLOOR IS A PERFECT SQAURE AND IS DEFINED AS
ZONE OF MOTION
 THE MINIMUM TURNING RADIUS OF AN AUTOMOBILE
DETERMINED THE RADIUS OF THE SEMI CIRCULAR GROUND
FLOOR THAT CONTAINS AN ELEGANT RECEPTION HALL,
GARAGE AND THE SERVANT QUARTERS
ROOF GARDEN

SECOND LEVEL WITH

ROOF GARDEN

LIVING AREA

ABOUT 1/3RD OF THE

SPACE IS OCCUPIED BY
THE ROOF TERRACE
 FROM THE HALL A TWO STAGE RAMP LEAD UP INTO THE
LIVING AREA
 ROOMS ARE ARRANGED IN L- SHAPED
 ABOUT 1/3RD OF THE SURFACE AREA IS OCCUPIED BY AN
OPEN TERRACE ENCLOSED BY THE WALL OF THE HOUSE
 CORNER TO CORNER SLITS OF THE ELONGATED WINDOWS
OFFERED A VIEW OF THE DISTANTS LANDSCAPE
 THE MOST STRIKING FEATURE OF THE VILLA IS RAMP WHICH
LEAD A SIMPLE WALK ON THE TERRACE
 ELONGATED WINDOWS
LIVING ROOM OPENING TOWARDS
TERRACE (INTERIORS)
RAMP TOWARDS TERRACE
1927,LEAGUE OF NATIONS,GENEVA
1927,LEAGUE OF NATIONS,GENEVA

 A GROUP OF BUILDINGS FORMING A WHOLE,SUFFICIENT AS A FIRST

STAGE AND CAPABLE OF BEING ENLARGED AND CONNECTED TO THE
THEN RECENTLY BUILT I.L.O.BUILDING LOCATED ABOUT 900FEET FROM
THE PRESENT PROPERTY LINE 500 OFFICES.
 A LARGE AUDITORIUM FOR 2600 PEOPLE,WITH PROVISIONS FOR PROPER
VISUAL AND ACOUSTIC CONDITIONS.
 THE PALAIS DES NATIONS HOUSES FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF
ACTIVITIES:
 A DAILY ACTIVITY:THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT WITH THE LIBRARY.
 AN INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY:THE SMALL COMMISSIONS CLOSED TO THE
PUBLIC AND THE LARGE COMMISSIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
 A QUARTERLY ACTIVITY:THE COUNCIL OF NATIONS.
 AN ANNUAL ACTIVITY:THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NATIONS.
 IN THE CENTER,THE PAVILION OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OPENING
OUT TOWARDS THE ROOF GARDENS COVERING THE SMALL
COMMISSION ROOMS.
 ON THE ROOF, THE RESTAURANT AND EMPLOYEES’ GARDEN.
 THE WALL SURFACING IS OF POLISHED GRANITE.
SITE PLAN
1930-32,SWISS STUDENTS HOSTEL,
7 BOULEVARD JOURDAN,CITE
UNIVERSITAIRE,PARIS 13E

 LECORBUSIER ENCOUNTERED
MANY DIFFICULTIES IN WORKING
WITH THE COMMITTEE AS A
CLIENT,HENCE THIS ACCOUNTED
FOR MANY OF THE ODD FEATURES
OF THIS BUILDING.
 IT MARKS A NEW PHASE IN HIS
WORK.
 THERE WERE DIFFICULTIES IN
FINDING FIRM SOIL FOR THE
FOUNDATION.
 PILOTIS OF REINFORCED
CONCRETE WERE USED,WAS LEFT
BARE WITH SHUTTERING MARKS
DISPLAYED.
 THE SUPER-STRUCTURE WAS OF
STEEL.
 THE CURVED WALL OF THE
COMMON ROOM WAS OF RANDOM
RUBBLE.
1955 Mrs. MANORAMA SARABHAI’S
HOUSE, AHMEDABAD, INDIA
1955 Mrs MANORAMA SARABHAI’S
HOUSE, AHMEDABAD, INDIA

 THE HOUSE WAS SITED AND

DESIGNED TO CATCH THE
WINDS IN SUMMER, BUT TO BE
PENETRATED BY THE SUN IN
WINTER.
 THE STRUCTURE, ROUGH
BRICK WALLS COATED WITH
WHITE, SUPPORTING
CONCRETE BEAMS AND,
CONSISTING OF VAULTS.
 CRADLE VAULTS OF FLAT TILES
SET IN PLASTER WITHOUT
FORMWORK COUPLED WITH A
ROW OF BRICKS CAST
ROUGHLY IN CEMENT.
PLAN OF SARABHAI’S HOUSE
PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR
1956 SHODHAN HOUSE,
AHMEDABAD,INDIA
 1956 SHODHAN HOUSE,
AHMEDABAD,INDIA

 THE SIMPLE STRUCTURE IS OF

EXPOSED REINFORCED CONCRETE.
 THE SHUTTERING FOR THE WALLS AND
VERTICAL SURFACES BEING OF
TIMBER, THAT FOR THE CEILINGS OF
METAL SHEETING.
 THE CEILINGS AND A FEW OTHER
SELECTED AREAS WERE TO HAVE
BEEN BRIGHTLY PAINTED.
 A CHARATERISTIC ELEMENT IS THE
RAMP WHICH LEADS TO THE
MEZZANINE AND TO THE MAIN LEVEL.
 THE ACCOMODATION ARE DISPOSED
IN THE SPACE OF A ‘HANGING GARDEN’
ON SEVERAL LEVELS CONSTITUTING 3
APARTMENTS, SEPARATE AND YET IN
CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
PLAN OF SHODHAN HOUSE
SOUTH EAST ELEVATION
UNITE D’ HABITATION
UNITE D’ HABITATION

 IT WAS THE TIME WHEN EUROPE WAS RISING FROM THE SMOULDERING
FUNERAL PYRE OF AND ITS NEWLY LIBERATED PEOPLE WERE TO
ESTABLISH SOME PROGRAMME DIRECTION OF NEW LIFE
 LE CORBUSIER HAD A REVOLUTIONARY EVENT, SUN, SPACE AND
GREENERY WAS DEVELOPED HERE.
 TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE OF MIND OF YHE PEOPLE AROUND
 IT WAS LE CORBUSIER’S BEST CONTRIBUTION TO A MODERN TYPOLOGY
OF SOCIAL HOUSING
 THE BUILDING US SITUATED ON 9 ACRE SITE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF
MARSEILLE
 IT HAS AN EAST WEST ORIENTATION
 IT IS 450’ LONG, 80’ WIDE AMD 185’ HIGH
 IT FOLLOOWS THE THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES OF LE CORBUSIER’S LOGIC
OF CONSTRUCTION
 United Habitation 1947-52
 One of the few instances where social imagination has been
given three dimensional expression is the United’ Habitation.
 The boldness of this building does not consist in housing some
1600 people under one roof or even in providing 23 different
types for its 337 apartments varying from one room up to
dwellings for “families with eight children”. The boldness is in its
social implementation.
 The most intresting experiment was to take the shopping center
from the ground and from the street and to place it in the central
floor of the building itself and from the outside it can be
identified by its two story louvers.
 IT HAS SKELETON OF REINFORCED CONCRETE AND REST ON
POWERFUL PILLARS WHICH LEAVS THE GROUND FREE
 ALL PIPING PASSES THROUGH THESE PILLARS (PILOTIS)
 ALL APARTMENTS ARE BUILT IN TWO LEVELS
 THE NORTHEN FAÇADE IS BLANK, WHILE THE OTHER FACADES ARE
ANIMATED WITH GLASS WALLS AND SUNBREAK LOGGIAS OF LIVING
AREA
 THE PLAN IS NOT COMPLETELY FREE ; THE PARTITION WALLS
BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS ARE LOAD BEARING
 STRONG SOUND PROOFING BETWEEN APARTMENTS
 IT IS 9 STOREYS HIGH
 THEY ARE DIVIDED INTO TWENTY THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
APARTMENTS
 337 APARTMENTS IN ALL
 RECREATIONAL ROOMS ARE ON THE ROOF
 4 LIFTS EACH WITH A CAPACITY OF 20 TRAVELLING WITH A SPEED AT
40 FT PER SECOND.
SITE PLAN

1 – ROAD FROM FIRMINY

TO CHAZEAU
2 – MOTAR ENTRANCE
3 – COURT FOR TURNING
CARS
4 – ENTRANCE LOBBY
6 – VISITOR’S PARKING
7 – ROAD TO GARAGES
8 – GARAGES FOR 300 CAR
9 – ROADWAY FOR TRUCKS
10 – PARK
14 – COVERED PASSAGE
15 – OPEN AIR CLUB
16 – SWIMMING POOL
 DOUBLE HEIGHT LOBBY

INTERIOR VIEW OF THE

PLAN OF APARTMENTS CORRIDOR

MODULAR MURAL ON THE

ROOF WALL
 GLASS WALL OF 12’ X 16’

DOUBLE HEIGHT
BALCONIES TOO

DOUBLE HEIGHT LIVING ROOM WITH

GLASS WALL
HUGE PILOTIS
LEAVING THE
CONCRETE AS NOBLE MATERIAL
GROUND FREE
 THE LIVING ROOM HAS DOUBLE HEIGHT OF 16’ AND GLASS WALL OF
12’ X 16’
 OTHER ROOMS ARE 8’ HIGH
 THE TERRACE ROOF HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH NUMBER OF
FACILITIES FOR COLLECTIVE USE : DAY NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN,
GYMNASIUM FOR ADULTS , OPEN AIR THEATER,AND THREE HUNDRED
METER RACE TRACK
 CONCRETE IS USED AS NOBLE MATERIAL
 FEW DISADVANTAGES OF THIS BUILDING ARE AS FOLLOW:
 THE FOREST OF PILOTIS ON THE GROUND FLOOR IS SIMPLY
LUGUBRIOUS
 THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE TOO NARROW
 SHOPPING STREET IS TOO LARGE COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF
BUILDING
HE IMLEMENTED MOST OF HIS RADICAL IDEAS.
IT HAD A ROUGH CONCRETE FINISH TO THE COMPLEX.
 ROOF NURSERY
COLOURFUL
WALLS IN
BALCONIES

OPEN TERRACE
NARROW ROOMS
( 8’ HIGH ROOMS)
NOTRE- DAM-DU-HAUT
RONCHAMP

 NOTRE-DAM-DU-HAUT IS SITUATED ON SOURTHEN FOOTHILLS OF THE

VOSAGES
 LE CORBUSIER TACKLED THE PROBLEM FIRST OF ALL AS A MATTER OF
“PURE” SPACE
 IN THIS CONTEXT, LE CORBUSIER HIMSELF SPOKE OF LANDSCAPE
ACOUSTICS THUS CREATING AN ECHO IN THE HALL
 THE FORM HE FINALLY CAME UP WITH EQUAL JUSTICE TO THE
PRACTICLE PURPOSE OF SANCTUARY AND THE EVOCATIVE
CHALLENGE OF THE LAND
 IT IS COVERED WITH MUSHROOM SHAPED ROOF
 FOLLOWING THE SHAPE OF HILL , THE NAVE OF THE CHURCH IS
INCLINED TOWARDS EAST
 THE ROOF IS INDEPENDENT OF WALLS
 A THIN STRIP OF DAYLIGHT IS REVEALED BETWEEN THE CHAPEL
WALLS AND THE ROOF
 IT CREATS A STRONG TENSION BETWEEN THE INDOORS AND OUT
DOORS
• THE MAIN HALL HAS A CAPACITY OF 200
PEOPLE
• IT WAS THIS CHPEL THAT HE FIRST
FORMULATED THE IDEA
ARCHITECTURALLY IN THE FORM OF
PERISCOPE LIGHT SHAFTS CAPTURING
THE SUNLIGHT AND SPILLING IT OVER
THE ALTARS OF THE THREE SIDED
CHAPEL
• HE PLAYED WITH MASS AND VOID ON
THE EXTERIORS OF THE WALLS

MASS VOID APPEARANCE

 IRREGULAR VOIDS

INTERIOR OF THE CHAPEL

1954 MILLOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION,
AHMEDABAD, INDIA
1954 MILLOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION,
AHMEDABAD, INDIA

 IS THE HEADQUATERS OF ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT OF INDIAN

COTTON MILLOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS.
 THE BUILDING WAS REQUIRED TO BE BOTH AN ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER
AND A MEETING AND A CEREMONIAL CENTER.
 IT SERVERS AS A SORT OF CLUB, THE SOCIAL RITUAL OF ITS MEMBERS
IS STRONGLY EXPRESSED IN ITS DESIGN.
 CLIMATE CONTROL WAS TAKEN IN CONSIDERATON AND THERE WAS
EXPRESSION OF MATERIALS.
 THE EAST AND WEST FACADES, OF ROUGH-SHUTTERED EXPOSED
CONCRETE ARE MADE UP OF SUN-BREAKERS, CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO
SHIELD THE INTERIOR.
 THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES, ALMOST UNBROKEN ARE OF ROUGH
BRICKWORK.
VIEW FROM 3RD FLOOR LEVEL LOOKING EAST OVER THE RIVER

SUN BREAKERS
 THE INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS
TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF
PREVAILING WINDS.
 THE ROOF IS USED TOGETHER WITH
BAR FOR EVENING
ENTERTAINMENT.
 THE ASSEMBLY HALL IS
CONSTRUCTED OF DOUBLE THIN
BRICK WALLS PANELLED IN WOOD.
 EITHER RANDOM OR CONCRETE
SEATING 2 VERTICAL TAPESTRIES
ARE SUSPENDED FROM THE
CEILING FOR ACOUSTICAL
PURPOSES.
 THE HALL IS INDIRECTLY LIGHTED
BY REFLECTIONS FROM THE
CURVED CEILING, WHICH IN TURN IS
KEPT COOL BY 2 GARDENS AND A
WATER BASIN ON THE ROOF.
 CIRCULATION
 FROM THE LOWEST LEVEL TO THE ROOF 2 ELEVATORS SERVE ALL THE
FLOORS.
 A LONG RAMP PROVIDES PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE MAIN OFFICE
TO THE PARKING LOT.
 THE FLOORING IS OF DELHI STONE AND ALSO SERVES AS A STONE
TAPESTRY.
1954-57 MUSEUM, AHMEDABAD,INDIA
1954-57 MUSEUM, AHMEDABAD,INDIA

 THE MUSEUM IS ON PILOTIS THROUGH WHICH THE

BUILDING IS ENTERED INTO AN OPEN COURT FROM
WHICH A RAMP, SIMILARLY OPENED TO THE SKY,
LEADS TO THE EXHIBITION LEVELS.
 ONE ENTERS THE MAIN LEVEL IN A NAVE OF SPIRAL
SQUARES 14 METERS WIDE, CONSISTING OF 7*7m
STRUCTURAL BAYS.
 PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN AGAINST THE EXCESSIVE
TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY.
 ROOF CONSISTS OF 45 BASINS OF 50 sq m EACH ,
ALL FILLED WITH WATER TO A DEPTH OF 40cm. THIS
WATER IS PROTECTED FROM THE TORRID SUN BY
THE SHADE OF THICK VEGETATION.THE WATER OF
THESE BASINS IS NOURISHED BY A SPECIAL POWDER
WHICH INCLUDES ENORMOUS GROWTH, FAR
BEYOND NORMAL PLANT SIZE.
 THE SPACE FOR ELECTRICAL
INSTALLATION EXTENDS UNDER THE
ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE CEILING
WHICH IS PLACED IN SHADOW,
AGAINST THE EFFECT OF THE SUN.
 THE ILLUMINATION HAS BECOME AN
INTEGRAL PART OF THE MUSEUM’S
IMPRESSION ON THE VISITOR .
 THE BUILDING HAS LOW HT. PILOTIS
, THE TOP OF WHICH ARE 3.40m
ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, WITH A
FREE PASSAGE BETWEEN PILOTIS
OF 2.5m.
 THE INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE
EXTERIOR WALLS WILL BE OF
WHITE PLASTER WHILE THE
INTERIOR FACE OF THE WALLS
AROUND THE COURT REMAINS IN
UNSURFACED BRICK.
THE MUSEUM IS NOT LIMITED IN
RESPECT TO GROWTH, AND
THEREFORE THE 50*50m SIDES (2500sq
m) CAN BE EXTENDED TO 84*84m(7000sq
m) BY THE MEANS OF STANDARD
ELEMENTS .
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECTION THROUGH EXHIBITION HALL
1929-SALVATION ARMY REFUGE IN
PARIS
PLANS

1.GROUND-FLOOR PLAN,
RECEPTION HALL AND
DINING ROOMS.
2.TYPICAL FLOOR PLANS,
DOMITORIES, DAY
NURSERIES AND
WASHROOMS.
3.PLAN AT UPPER LEVEL,
WITH INDIVIDUAL CUBICLES
FOR MOTHERS AND
CHILDREN.