Le Corbusier

““PIONEER OF MODERN PIONEER OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE”ARCHITECTURE”

(1887-1965)Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris 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.

BIOGRAPHY

Style of ArchitectureMechanical analogyLinguistic analogyFive points of Architecture

Use of pilotis i.e. reinforced concrete stilts

Free façade

Open floor plan

Long horizontal ribbon windows

Roof garden

Major Projects

UN Headquarters

Architects :

Le Corbusier

Oscar Niemeyer

Golden Ratio

Assembly Hall

Chandigarh

Aerial View

Unité d'HabitationLe Corbusier attempted to realize his urban planning schemes on a small scale by constructing a series of "unités" around France.

The most famous of these was the Unité d'Habitation of Marseilles (1946–1952).

Key

Fea

ture

sStrong pilotis creating circulation space beneath

Window from outside

Window from inside

Snapshots

Snapshots

Nôtre Dame du Haut

Ronchamp, France

Roof shell on

columns

Light Tower

Diffused Light

Abstract Fountain

Time for a short break

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Villa Savoye

Case Study

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