Le Corbusier – Notre Dame de Haut,or

Notre Dame du Haut was thought of as a more extreme design of Le

Corbusier’s late style; the chapel is a simple design with two entrances, a
main altar, and three chapels beneath towers. Although the building is
small, it is powerful and complex. The chapel is the latest of chapels at the
site. The previous building was a 4th century Christian chapel. But, at the time
the new building was being constructed, Corbusier wasn’t exactly interested in
“Machine Age” architecture. He felt his style was more primitive and sculptural,
so he decided to build something more interesting.
 "Surrealism is a key to other late works
of Le Corbusier, most notably the
church at Ronchamp, France, of 1950-
54.
Notre-Dame-du-Haut was a more
extreme statement of Le Corbusier's
late style. Progamatically,...the church
is simple—an oblong nave, two side
entrances, an axial main altar, and three
chapels beneath towers—as is its
structure, with rough masonry walls
faced with whitewashed Gunite
(sprayed concrete) and a roof of
contrasting beton brut.
Formally and symbolically, however, this
small building, which is sited atop a
hillside with access from the south, is
immensely powerful and complex."

— Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle

Hyman. Architecture: from Prehistory to
Post-Modernism. p542-4.
Ronchamp
The chapel at Ronchamp is singular in Corbusier's oeuvre, in that it departs from his
principles of standardisation and the machine aesthetic, giving in instead to a site-
specific response.

By Le Corbusier's own admission, it was the site that provided an irresistible

genius loci for the response, with the horizon visible on all four sides of the
hill and its historical legacy for centuries as a place of worship.
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Le Corbusier – Notre Dame de Haut,or
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Le Corbusier – Notre Dame de Haut,or
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Le Corbusier – Notre Dame de Haut,or
Las puertas de Ronchamp ante Le
Corbusier
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Palace of the Assembly
Chandigarh, 1950-65
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier visitando Chandigarh
Palais du Gouverneur, Chandigarh
Legislative
Assembly by Le
Corbusier
Construcción manual
Edificio del Secretariado de
Chandigarh
Le Corbusier 1954
Le Corbusier -
School of art and
architecture,
Chandigarh 1965
Le Corbusier – Palatul de justitie
Le Corbusier at
ceremonies of formal
opening of the High
Court Building,
Chandigarh
High Court
building in the
Capitol
Complex,
Chandigarh
1955.
Museum at Ahmedabad, by Le Corbusier, at
Ahmedabad, India, 1953 to 1957.
Le Corbusier – Museum t
Le Corbusier – Museum t
Shodan House, Ahmedabad, India by Le Corbusier (1956)
Le Corbusier – Casa
Le Corbusier – Casa
Gratte-ciel, quartier de la Marine,
cité des affaires, Alger, Algérie,
1938. Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier, Sainte Marie de La Tourette, Lyon,
France, 1956-1960
Le Corbusier – La
"It was under the instigation of the
Dominicans of Lyon have charged Le
Corbusier with the task of bringing
Eveux-sur-Arbresle near Lyon, the
Convent of La Tourette, in the midst
of nature, located in a small vale that
opens out onto the forest. The buildings
contain a hundred sleeping rooms for
teachers and students, study halls, a
hall for work and one for recreation, a
library and a refectory. Finally the
circulation connects all the parts, in
particular those which appear in a new
form (the achievement of the traditional
cloister form is rendered impossible
La Tourette
1957
Iannis Xenakis
Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier – La
Le Corbusier – La
Le Corbusier – La
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Le Corbusier – La
cripta de la Tourette
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier –Centru de arte
Le Corbusier –Centru de arte
Le Corbusier –Centru de arte
Le Corbusier, model for
the Visual Arts Center at
Harvard University,
Carpenter Center,
Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 1964
Le Corbusier –Centru de arte
CARPENTER CENTER: 1962
The structure is strongly
disciplined; the building is
oriented according to the
prevailing winds.

The east and west

façades have their brise-
soleil calculated precisely
according to Ahmedabad's
latitude and the course of
the sun, while the south
and north façades are
blind (or nearly so).

Le Corbusier - Millowners association building

Palais des Filateurs by Le Corbusier

Ahmedabad, India
Le Corbusier
Millowner’s Association Building
1951 Ahmedabad
Villa Shodhan
Le Corbusier, Casa Curutchet

Shodan House - Le Corbusier, 1956

Le Corbusier - The Philips Pavilion
Pabellón
Phillips / Le
Corbusier

et Iannis
Xenakis
aussi
The concrete ‘House of Culture’ was built on a hill, on a former stone quarry. The
situation contributed to the majesty of the structure. The most striking detail of the design
is the curved roof. The inclined façade resembles an athletic complex. The building was
conceived directly after the period of constructing the convent of La Tourette, and
some similar architectural elements are recognized: the Corbusier theme of the
architectural sequence through a series of spaces, and the way rooms are illuminated.
Ville Radieuse, the Machine City
French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier had big plans for the ideal city. Architecture,
he believed, should be as efficient and simple as the industrial machines
that had ushered in the modern age. This idea of the city as machine: the Ville
Radieuse and the Ville Contemporaine. Both would have massive skyscrapers
housing millions of people. Parks and green areas would divide these massive
cities into zones of productivity and leisure.
LA VILLE RADIEUSE, 1930
The Congrès internationaux
d'architecture moderne – CIAM
(International Congresses of Modern
Architecture) was an organization founded
in 1928 and disbanded in 1959,
responsible for a series of events and
congresses arranged around the world by
the most prominent architects of the time,
with the objective of spreading the
principles of the Modern Movement
focusing in all the main domains of
architecture (such as landscape, urbanism,
industrial design, and many others).
Plan VOISIN PARIS, 1925
Le Corbusier used the principles behind his machine cities when designing
Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles. The building still stands today, and some residents
even open their apartments up for tours of the uniquely designed living space.
Le Corbusier | Plan Obus | Alger; Algeria | 1933
Le Corbusier,
Saint-Pierre,
Firminy
În Studiul Arhitectura Mondială din 2010, cladirea a fost clasat ca a doua in clasament a
structurilor de top construita in secolul al XX-lea, primind patru voturi. Arhitectul
american Peter Eisenman a afirmat în răspunsul său că această clădire este structura
cea mai importantă construite începând cu 1980.
"You employ stone, wood, and concrete, and with these materials you build houses
and palaces: that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my
heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: 'This is beautiful.'
That is Architecture. Art enters in..." (Vers une architecture, 1923)

"Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses

brought together in light.“

"Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much
as they need bread or a place to sleep.“
"The house is a machine for living in." (Vers une architecture, 1923)
"It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today:
architecture or revolution." (Vers une architecture, 1923)
"Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house
and the city." (Vers une architecture, 1923)
"The 'Styles' are a lie." (Vers une architecture, 1923)
"Architecture or revolution. Revolution can be avoided." (Vers une architecture,
1923)
Le Corbusier Saint-Tropez 1938