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Le Corbusier: Designs
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Not merely content with designs for a few housing blocks, soon Le Corbusier moved into studies for entire cities. In 1922, he ... presented his scheme for a "Contemporary City" for three million inhabitants (Ville Contemporaine). The centrepiece of this plan was the group of sixty-story, cruciform skyscrapers built on steel frames and encased in huge curtain walls of glass. They housed both offices and the apartments of the most wealthy inhabitants. These skyscrapers were set within large, rectangular park-like green spaces. At the very middle was a huge transportation centre, that on different levels included depots for buses and trains, as well as highway intersections, and at the top, an airport.
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In the Voisin Plan for Paris (1925) Le Corbusier developed his urbanistic concepts, and thereafter he projected a score of plans for cities on four continents. Only one was realized, that for Chandigarh, the capital of the Punjab, India (begun 1953). Geometrically classical, Chandigarh is divided into different sectors: the Capital, consisting of the governor's palace (not built), the Parliament, the High Courts of Justice, and a ministries building; a commercial area; an industrial area; and a cultural center. Le Corbusier ... designed the Open Hand monument, the democratic symbol of giving (that is, elected representatives are granted the privilege of giving good government in return).
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Le Corbusier began experimenting with furniture design in 1928 after inviting the architect, Charlotte Perriand, to join his studio. His cousin, Pierre Jeanneret... collaborated on many of the designs. Before the arrival of Perriand, Le Corbusier relied on ready-made furniture to furnish his projects, such as the simple pieces manufactured by Thonet.
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Willy Boesigner, a contemporary of Le Corbusier, here presents in chronological order the most important buildings, projects and urban designs from all of Le Corbusier's creative periods. The spectrum ranges from the early studies and realizations of houses, such as the "Citrohan" houses, the Stuttgart Weissenhorf houses, to the large apartment and commercial buildings and the different Unites d'Habitation, the house of the Centrosoyus in Moscow and many more. It ranges from the theoretical works like the development of the "Modulor" to the comprehensively presented and numerous urban plans, such as for Algiers, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin or Chandigarh. Each project is introduced through photographs, plans, sketches and documents by Le Corbusier. The biography and list of works complete the book as a concentrated, user-friendly longitudinal section of Le Corbusier's architectural oeuvre.
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Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born architect and writer. Le Corbusier pioneered theoretical studies of modern design and was dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities. His career spanned five decades, with his iconic buildings constructed throughout central Europe, India, Russia, and one structure each in North and South America. He was ... an urban planner, painter, sculptor, writer, and modern furniture designer.
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Although Le Corbusier, established as an extreme modernist, would typically seem an odd choice as the designer of a Catholic Church, his relationship with a Dominican priest, Father Couturier, greatly aided Le Corbusier after his receiving the commission for Ronchamp. Due to Le Corbusier’s repeated involvement in similarly, Catholic commissions, Robert Coombs investigates the theoretical and symbolic relationship existing between Le Corbusier and this religious order. Questions guiding this endeavor include:
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