Charles-douard Jeanneret-Gris known as Le CORBUSIER (1887 1965)

Charles-douard Jeanneret-Gris known as Le Corbusier

born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, SWITZERLAND, in 1887 died in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, FRANCE, in 1965 studied watch-making and then architecture worked with Auguste Perret in Paris (1907) and Peter Behrens in Berlin (1910-11)

Le Corbusiers Five Points towards a New Architecture, 1926: 1. The Supports (known as pilotis) 2. The Free Plan 3. The Free Faade 4. Horizontal Window 5. Roof Garden

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy (near Paris), FRANCE, 1929-31

The Villas, 191430

Le Corbusier, Dom-ino House (project), 1914 proposal for inexpensive housing

piloti

Le Corbusier, Maison Citrohan, (project) 1922

Le Corbusier, Ozenfant House Studio, Paris, 1922

Le Corbusier, Ozenfant House Studio, Paris, 1922

Le Corbusier, Ozenfant House Studio, Paris, 1922

Le Corbusier and Amade Ozenfant, LEsprit Nouveau (The New Spirit) magazine, 1918-1925 published a wide range of topics and ideas, ranging from arts and literature to architecture and science.

Le Corbusier, Vers un Architecture, (Towards an Architecture), 1923 usually translated into English as Towards a New Architecture

Konstantin Melnikov USSR Pavilion

reconstructed in Bologna, ITALY, in 1977

Le Corbusier, LEsprit Nouveau Pavilion, Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Paris, 1925

Le Corbusier, LEspirit Nouveau Pavilion, reconstructed version in Bologna, ITALY, 1977

Le Corbusier, LEsprit Nouveau Pavilion, Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Paris, 1925

Le Corbusier, Villa La Roche / Villa Jeanneret, Paris, 1925

architectural promenade

Le Corbusier, Villa La Roche / Villa Jeanneret, Paris, 1925

Le Corbusier, Villa La Roche / Villa Jeanneret, Paris, 1925

Weissenhof Siedlung, Stuttgart, 1927

BLUE = preserved / restored; RED = destroyed

Le Corbusier, buildings for Weissenhof Siedlung, Stuttgart, 1927

Le Corbusier, buildings for Weissenhof Siedlung, Stuttgart, 1927

Le Corbusiers Five Points towards a New Architecture, 1926: 1. The Supports (known as pilotis) 2. The Free Plan 3. The Free Faade 4. Horizontal Window 5. Roof Garden

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy (near Paris), FRANCE, 1929-31

RED = ENCLOSED SPACE

ground level

middle level

roof level

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy (near Paris), FRANCE, 1929-31

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy (near Paris), FRANCE, 1929-31

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy (near Paris), FRANCE, 1929-31

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy (near Paris), FRANCE, 1929-31

Urban & City Planning Proposals, 192250

Le Corbusier, Ville Contemporaine Contemporary City (project), 1922

Le Corbusier, Ville Contemporaine Contemporary City (project), 1922

Le Corbusier, Voisin Plan for Paris, 1925

Le Corbusier, Voisin Plan for Paris, 1925

Le Corbusier, Voisin Plan for Paris, 1925

Le Corbusier, La Ville Radieuse (The Radiant City), 1930-35

Le Corbusier, La Ville Radieuse (The Radiant City), 1930-35

Le Corbusier, Plan for Rio de Janeiro (BRAZIL), 1929

Le Corbusier, Plan for Algiers (ALGERIA), 1930

Sculptural Architecture : 1945 - 1965

Le Corbusier, The Modulor: A Harmonious Meaure to the Human Scale Universally Applicable to Architecture and Mechanics, 1948 (First Edition in English: 1951)

Le Corbusier, The Modulor, 1948

The Modulor consists of two scales, a red scale and a blue scale, each based on the golden section. The dimensions of the blue scale are double those of the red. According to Le Corbusier, the Modulor is not only an instrument of architectural proportion but also a means of ensuring that the buildings designed using it are of a human scale.

Le Corbusier, Unit d'Habitation, Marseille, FRANCE, 1947-52

Le Corbusier, Unit d'Habitation, Marseille, FRANCE, 1947-52

Le Corbusier, Unit d'Habitation, Marseille, FRANCE, 1947-52

Le Corbusier, Unit d'Habitation, Marseille, FRANCE, 1947-52

Le Corbusier, Unit d'Habitation, Marseille, FRANCE, 1947-52

Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, FRANCE, 1950

Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, FRANCE, 1950

Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, FRANCE, 1950

Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, FRANCE, 1950

Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, FRANCE, 1950

Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, FRANCE, 1950

Le Corbusier, Plan for Chandigarh (INDIA), 1950

Le Corbusier, Plan for Chandigarh (INDIA), 1950

Open Hand Monument, 1955

Le Corbusier, Chandigarh, INDIA (capitol city of the Punjab Region), 1952-59

Secretariat, 1953

Assembly, 1955

Palace of Justice, 1952

Le Corbusier, Palace of Justice, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1952

Le Corbusier, Palace of Justice, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1952

Le Corbusier, Secretariat Building, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1953

Le Corbusier, Secretariat Building, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1953

Brise Soleil (French: Sun Breaker)

Vertical or horizontal elements outside windows or extending over the entire surface of a building's faade that prevent the suns heat from entering a building, but allows light to enter.

Le Corbusier, Assembly Building, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1955

Le Corbusier, Assembly Building, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1955

Le Corbusier, Assembly Building, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1955

Le Corbusier, Assembly Building, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1955

Le Corbusier, Open Hand Monument, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1955 it conveys a message of peace and unity that is "open to give and open to receive.

Le Corbusier, Sainte Marie de La Tourette, near Lyon, FRANCE, 1957-60

Le Corbusier, Sainte Marie de La Tourette, near Lyon, FRANCE, 1957-60

Le Corbusier, Sainte Marie de La Tourette, near Lyon, FRANCE, 1957-60

Le Corbusier, Sainte Marie de La Tourette, near Lyon, FRANCE, 1957-60

Le Corbusier, Sainte Marie de La Tourette, near Lyon, FRANCE, 1957-60

Le Corbusier with Iannis Xenakis, Philips Pavilion, Brussels Worlds Fair, BELGIUM, 1958

Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis, Philips Pavilion, Brussels Worlds Fair, BELGIUM, 1958

plan

wire-frame drawing

Le Corbusier with Iannis Xenakis, Philips Pavilion, Brussels Worlds Fair, BELGIUM, 1958