AR.

LECORBUSIER

OCT 6 1887- AUG 27 1965

 BIOGRAPHY
BORN 6TH OCTOBER 1887

BIRTHPLACE SWITZERLAND

CITIZENSHIP FRENCH CITIZEN (1930)

EDUCATION KINDERGARTEN THAT USED FROBELIAN METHODS .

LA CHAUX- DE-FONDS ART SCHOOL.

AT AROUND 1907 , HE TRAVELLED TO PARIS , WHERE HE FOUND WORK IN THE OFFICE

OF AUGUSTE PERRETE THE FRENCH PIONEER OF REINFORCED CONCRETE.

IN 1908, HE STUDIED ARCHITECTURE IN VIENNA WITH JOSEPH HOFFMAN .

BETWEEN 1910 AND MARCH 1911, HE WORKED NEAR BERLIN FOR THE RENOWNED
ARCHITECT PETER BEHRENS.
 LATER IN 1911, HE JOURNEYED TO THE BALKANS AND VISITED BULGARIA ,
GREECE AND TURKEY FILLING NEARLY 80 SKETCH BOOKS WITH RENDERINGS
OF WHAT HE SAW.

IN BETWEEN 1914 -1915 HIS PROJECT WAS DOMINO HOUSE . THIS MODEL
PROPOSED AN OPEN FLOOR PLAN CONSISTING CONCRETE SLABS
SUPPORTED BY AN MINIMAL NUMBER OF THIN REINFORCED CONCERETE
COLUMNS AROUND THE EDGES WITH A STAIRWAY PROVIDING ACCESS TO
EACH LEVEL ON ONE SIDE OF THE FLOOR OF THE PLAN .

SOON HE BEGAN HIS OWN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE WITH HIS COUSIN

PIERRE JEANNERET A PARTNERSHIP THAT WOULD LAST UNTIL THE 1950S .
 DURING ,1918 TO 1922 HE CONCENTRATED HIS
EFFORT ON ARCHITECTURE
THEORY AND PAINTING.

IN 1922 , HE OPENED A STUDIO IN PARIS.

MORE THAN ANYTHING DURING THIS PERIOD, IT

WAS HIS VISIT TO THE CHARTERHOUSE OF THE
VALLEY OF EMA, THAT INFLUENCED HIS
ARCHITECTURAL PHILOSOPHY PROFOUNDLY FOR THE
REST OF HIS LIFE .
PERSONAL LIFE
WHILE RETURNING IN
1929 FROM SOUTH
AMERICA TO EUROPE ,
HE MET ENTERTAINER
AND ACTRESS
JOSEPHINE BAKER ON
BOARD THE OCEAN
LINER LUTETIA , AND
ALSO MADE SOME
SKETCHES OF BAKER .
SOON AFTER HIS RETURN TO
FRANCE HE MARRIED
YVOUNNE GALLIS, A DRESS
MAKER AND A FASHION
MODEL WHO DIED IN 1957
 LE CORBUSIER
HAD A LONG
EXTRA MARITAL
AFFAIR WITH
SWEDISH
AMERICAN
HEIRESS
MARGUERITE
TJADER HARRIS.
 MAJOR CONTRIBUTION
HE WAS THE PIONEER OF MODERNISM IN
ARCHITECTURE AND LAID FOUNDATION TO WHAT IS
KNOWN AS BAUHAUS MOVEMENT OR
INTERNATIONAL STYLE .

HE IS KNOWN FOR INNOVATION IN URBAN PLANNING

AND HIS SOLUTIONS FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING.
 HE FORMED THE FIVE POINTS OF ARCHITECTURE
WHICH WERE THE GUIDELINE PRINCIPLES FOR
MANY ARCHITECTS .
1) FREE STANDING SUPPORT SYSTEM .

2) OPEN FLOOR PLAN INDEPENDENT OF

SUPPORTS.

3) VERTICAL FACADES FREE OF SUPPORT

4) LONG HORIZONTAL SLIDING WINDOWS.

5) ROOF GARDENS
 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
HE WAS AWARDED THE FRANK P. BROWN MEDAL AND AIA GOLD
MEDAL I 1961

LE CORBUSIERS PORTRAIT WAS FEATURED ON THE 10 SWISS

FRANCS BANKNOTE, PICTURED WITH HIS DISTINCTIVE
EYEGLASSES.

LE CORBUSIER MUSEUM
SECTOR -8 CHANDIGARH ,INDIA

LE CORBUSIER BOULEVARD
LAVAL , QUEBEC , CANADA .

PLACE LE CORBUSIER, PARIS,

NEAR THE SITE OF HIS ATELIER
ON THE RUE DE SEVRES .