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Le Corbusier: Modern Architecture Pioneer

Le Corbusier was a pioneering Swiss-born architect who developed modernist architectural principles. He studied art and architecture, working under notable architects like Auguste Perret and Peter Behrens. Le Corbusier proposed open floor plans, standardized modular construction, and the use of reinforced concrete in his 1914 Dom-ino House design. He established an architectural practice with his cousin in 1922. Le Corbusier is known for his "Five Points of Architecture" which included pilotis, a free facade, an open floor plan, horizontal ribbon windows, and a roof garden, as seen in his iconic Villa Savoye built in 1928-1931.

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Le Corbusier: Modern Architecture Pioneer

Le Corbusier was a pioneering Swiss-born architect who developed modernist architectural principles. He studied art and architecture, working under notable architects like Auguste Perret and Peter Behrens. Le Corbusier proposed open floor plans, standardized modular construction, and the use of reinforced concrete in his 1914 Dom-ino House design. He established an architectural practice with his cousin in 1922. Le Corbusier is known for his "Five Points of Architecture" which included pilotis, a free facade, an open floor plan, horizontal ribbon windows, and a roof garden, as seen in his iconic Villa Savoye built in 1928-1931.

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Le Corbusier (1887 – 1965)

“PIONEER OF MODERN
ARCHITECTURE”.
❑ Le Corbusier was an Swiss born Architect.

❑ Initially at the age of 13, his intention was to


become a painter as he was studied about art and
decorations.
❑ Later he was insisted by his master Charles
L’Eplattenier to study Architecture.
❑ In 1907, travelled to Paris and worked in an
office of Architect Augeste Perret(French
pioneer of reinforced concrete) and studied
“Space, Light and Architecture.

Order. Those are the ❑ Between October 1910 and March 1911. He
things that men worked for renowned architect, Peter Behrens
near Berlin.
need just as much
as they need Bread ❑ In 1914, he designed and proposed an open
floor plan implementing his philosophies.
or a Place to sleep”. DOM-INO House.
-le Corbusier
❑ Began his own architectural practice in 1922
with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret – partnership
lasting 50 years.
THE
M ❑ It is an anthropometric scale of proportion
devised by him.
O
D ❑ Le Corbusier used the golden ratio in his
U modular system for the scale of architecture
proportion.
L
A ❑ It is based on the height of the English men
with the hand raised.
R
1. USE OF PILOTIS
I. Mechanical Analogy (reinforced concrete stilts)
2. FREE FAÇADE

3. OPEN FLOOR PLAN


II. Linguistic Analogy
4. LONG HORIZONTAL
RIBBON WINDOWS
[Link] points in Architecture
5. ROOF GARDEN
DOMINO HOUSE (1914 – 1915)

❑ It was a prototype as the physical “ FOUNDATION


platform for the mass production of TO ARCHITECTURE”
housing.
❑ It is an open floor plan consisting of
concrete slabs supported by thin
reinforced concrete columns around
the edges with a stairway providing an
access to each level.
❑ The frame was to be completely
independent on the floor plans.
VILLA SAVOYE ( 1928 – 1931 )

A manifesto of Le Corbusier’s "five points" of


new architecture
❑ LOCATION : Poissy, France
❑ CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM : Reinforced
Concrete and Plastered unit masonry.
❑ CLIMATE : Temperate
❑ STLYE : Modern Architecture
The plan was set out using the principal ratios of
the Golden section. in this case a square divided
into sixteen equal parts, extended on two sides
to incorporate the projecting façades
FLOOR PLANS

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