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| Le Corbusier |
After the studying of art, he started architecture design at a yearly age. By 1907, at the age of 20 Le Corbusier designed his first house. He later traveled around Europe, an experience which later led to different apprenticeships with various architects. one of the most significant apprenticeship of Le Corbusier which later reflected in his work was with structural engineer Augusto Perret who was one of the father of re-enforced concrete construction. In today's world, most of the time we don't even notice the importance of the work done from people such as Augusto Perret and Le Corbusier as we take their work and discoveries for granted.
After 1912 Le Corbusier improved his knowledge on concrete reinforced structural frame which for the time was an improved modern technique. another concept of Le Crobusier is that of prefabricated housing. this king of construction is widely used around the world for construction of houses and mass housing. This construction method is cost effective and is finished in less time than building on site. The concept of Le Corbusier was that he uses the techniques that Henry Ford invented years before, that of the mass produced products manufactured in an assemble line. He intended to used the mass produced pre fabricated homes to help rebuilding the city after the war.
Some characteristics int he work of Le Corbusier was the use of roof terraces which is still used in today's architecture and now a days is emphasized characteristics to make the building amalgamate with nature, open plan floor which gives more space to the people in the building which was possible by the use of supportive structure such as pillars which enables the architect to remove internal supportive walls which gives more interior space. Another characteristic in Le Corbusier architecture which is still being widely used in our contemporary architecture is the use of large horizontal windows which dominates the ornamentation free facade which contrast to other architecture from other movement such as Art Nouveau and was used to give let the maximum amount of light inside and is a feature that invites the outside to the inside.
Le Corbusier was obsessed with the idea of perfection which he related to one of his inspiration that of bees and honeycomb. He emphasized with cleanliness efficiency. He was even inspired by industrial form and industrial production such as automobile manufacturing..
Although Le Corbusier was one of the pioneers of modern methods in architecture such as the introduction of larger interior by the use of pillars, stilts and reinforced concrete structure, one has to give credit to Greek architect which started to used pillars as early as 438 BC. One has to keep in mind the lack of technology that architects had in that era. With no credit removed from Le Corbusier work, we have to give part of the credit to Greeks which may had been as an inspiration to Le Corbusier and other Architects which by the help of each other we can now build more comfortable buildings with better use of space than before.
One of Le Corbusier's dream was to build some sort of mass housing buildings. This dream came to reality after in 1925/26 he designed a city for workers which consists of 40 houses in the style of Citrohan house of Pessac. Unfortunate for Lecorbusier the authorities refused to route public water supply to the complex because of the chosen colors which were marked as provocative to hostility. This decision left the city uninhabitable for 6 years.
His idea of mass housing and mass city building backfired at some point as some critics marked Le corbusier's work as " charmless tower blocks" and labeled Le Corbuier as the father of all this. Although he was criticized at some point, one cannot argue about the work that was done by him and the advance in construction technology which was followed by more development which gave use the opportunity of buildings of the sort that we have today.
Reference:
Le Corbusier Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com . 2013.Le Corbusier Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/le-corbusier-9376609?page=3. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
Fondation Le corbusier . 2013. Fondation Le corbusier . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
LeCorbusier. 2013. LeCorbusier. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Corbu.html. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
MoMA | The Collection | Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (French, born Switzerland. 1887–1965). 2013. MoMA | The Collection | Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (French, born Switzerland. 1887–1965). [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3426. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
Parthenon. 2013. Parthenon. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
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| Henry Ford Assembly line |
Some characteristics int he work of Le Corbusier was the use of roof terraces which is still used in today's architecture and now a days is emphasized characteristics to make the building amalgamate with nature, open plan floor which gives more space to the people in the building which was possible by the use of supportive structure such as pillars which enables the architect to remove internal supportive walls which gives more interior space. Another characteristic in Le Corbusier architecture which is still being widely used in our contemporary architecture is the use of large horizontal windows which dominates the ornamentation free facade which contrast to other architecture from other movement such as Art Nouveau and was used to give let the maximum amount of light inside and is a feature that invites the outside to the inside.
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| Le Corbusier Architecture |
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| Art Nouveau Architecture |
Le Corbusier was obsessed with the idea of perfection which he related to one of his inspiration that of bees and honeycomb. He emphasized with cleanliness efficiency. He was even inspired by industrial form and industrial production such as automobile manufacturing..
Although Le Corbusier was one of the pioneers of modern methods in architecture such as the introduction of larger interior by the use of pillars, stilts and reinforced concrete structure, one has to give credit to Greek architect which started to used pillars as early as 438 BC. One has to keep in mind the lack of technology that architects had in that era. With no credit removed from Le Corbusier work, we have to give part of the credit to Greeks which may had been as an inspiration to Le Corbusier and other Architects which by the help of each other we can now build more comfortable buildings with better use of space than before.
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| Greek Temples |
One of Le Corbusier's dream was to build some sort of mass housing buildings. This dream came to reality after in 1925/26 he designed a city for workers which consists of 40 houses in the style of Citrohan house of Pessac. Unfortunate for Lecorbusier the authorities refused to route public water supply to the complex because of the chosen colors which were marked as provocative to hostility. This decision left the city uninhabitable for 6 years.
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| Citrohan House of Pessac |
His idea of mass housing and mass city building backfired at some point as some critics marked Le corbusier's work as " charmless tower blocks" and labeled Le Corbuier as the father of all this. Although he was criticized at some point, one cannot argue about the work that was done by him and the advance in construction technology which was followed by more development which gave use the opportunity of buildings of the sort that we have today.
Reference:
Le Corbusier Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com . 2013.Le Corbusier Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/le-corbusier-9376609?page=3. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
Fondation Le corbusier . 2013. Fondation Le corbusier . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
LeCorbusier. 2013. LeCorbusier. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Corbu.html. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
MoMA | The Collection | Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (French, born Switzerland. 1887–1965). 2013. MoMA | The Collection | Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (French, born Switzerland. 1887–1965). [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3426. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
Parthenon. 2013. Parthenon. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html. [Accessed 19 December 2013].
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