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Le Corbusier
Charles-douard Jeanneret, who
chose to be known as Le Corbusier.
Born on October 6, 1887 and died on
August 27, 1965, was a Swiss
architect, designer, urbanist, writer
and painter.
He was famous for being one of the
pioneers of what now is called
Modern architecture or the
International style.
IDEOLOGY
THE PILOTIS
ROOF GARDEN
FREE FLOOR PLAN
ELONGATED WINDOW
FREE FACADE
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.
Pilotis usually served as an
element of dramatization and
visual isolation.
Piloti
s
Roof Garden
Window
THE MODULAR
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.
Villa Savoye
Construction System:
Reinforced Concrete and
plastered unit masonry
Climate: Temperate
Style: Modern
Piloti
s
The reinforced
concrete
gives us the pilotis.
The house is up in
the
air, far from the
ground: the garden
runs
under the house...
Free facade
'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.'
Free
Plan
Elongated
Windows
'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.'
Roof
Garden
'...the garden is
also over the
house, on the
roof...
Section Drawing
ELONGATED WINDOWS
UNITE D
HABITATION
IT WAS LE CORBUSIERS
BEST CONTRIBUTION TO A
MODERN TYPOLOGY OF
SOCIAL HOUSING
THE BUILDING IS SITUATED
ON 9 ACRE SITE ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF MARSEILLE
IT HAS AN EAST WEST
ORIENTATION
IT IS 450 LONG, 80 WIDE
AND 185 HIGH
4 LIFTS EACH WITH A
CAPACITY OF 20,
TRAVELLING WITH A SPEED
AT 40 FT PER SECOND.
GLASS WALL OF
12 X 16
DOUBLE HEIGHT
BALCONIES TOO
HUGE PILOTIS
LEAVING THE
GROUND FREE
DOUBLE HEIGHT LIVING ROOM
WITH GLASS WALL
CONCRETE AS NOBLE MATERIAL
ROOF
COLOURFUL
WALLS IN
BALCONIES
OPEN TERRACE
NARROW ROOMS
( 8 HIGH ROOMS)
NOTRE- DAM-DU-HAUT
IRREGULAR VOIDS
Plan
1954 MILLOWNERS
ASSOCIATION, AHMEDABAD,
INDIA
SUN
BREAKERS
SITE PLAN
OPEN HAND
GOVERNOR,S PALACE
HIGH COURT
ASSEMBLY
SECRETARIAT
THE SECRETARIAT,1958
THE SECRETARIAT
RAMP ENCLOCURE
SQUARE WINDOWS
FREE
FACADE
PROJECTED PORTICOS
SMALL ENTRANCE
BIG ENTRANCE
ROUGH CONCRETE
FINISH
COLUMNS SUPPORTING
1 BLOCK
HT OF 2
STOREYS
LEFT OPEN
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
PARASOL ROOF
FORMING ARCHES
DOUBLE ROOF
GAP LEFT BETWEEN
TWO ROOFS
COLOURED MASSIVE PILLARS
FULL HT ENTRANCE
INTERIOR VIEW OF A
CHAMBER
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