Auguste Perret was a French architect, recognized as a pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete. He considered concrete a noble material and his work shows his understanding and admiration for it. His designs often had few or no ornamentation and a clear differentiation of structural elements.

1. DEVELOPMENTOFCONCRETE:
AUGUSTEPERRET

2. INTRODUCTION-
◦ Auguste Perret (1874 - 1954), was a French architect.
◦ He is recognized as a pioneer in the use of reinforced
concrete, not only as a structural system but also as a
malleable architectonic material.
◦ During his career, he explored many of the
experiments on concrete and built several projects,
always using reinforced concrete structures.
◦ He was an important architect during the
reconstruction period after World War II.

3. AUGUSTE PERRET:

4. ABOUT ARCHITECT:
◦ Auguste Perret was born on February 12, 1874, in Ixelles.
◦ Between 1891 and 1895, he joined architecture course in Paris.
◦ He quit school before finishing his studies to join the family
business.
◦ After his father's death, he continued with the family business
together with his brothers Claude (1876-1952) and Gustave(1880-
1960)
◦ Since his first projects, he was a critic of flamboyant, and
ornamented architecture, and explored the possibilities of
rainforced concrete structures.
◦ By 1920, Perret was already known for his outstanding use of
reinforced concrete.
◦ He was commissioned for several civic projects in France.
◦ After World War II, he helped with the reconstruction of the French
cities of Le Havre and Amiens.
◦ Died on February 25, 1954, in Paris.

5. PICTURES OF THE ARCHITECT:

6. WORK EXPERIENCE-
◦ In the small age he quit school and joined his family firm due to his father’s death.
◦ He immediately began experimenting with concrete in his own way.
◦ His first important project was an apartment building on Rue Franklin in Paris (1903), where the concrete
structure was clearly visible and was a part of the exterior design.
◦ He made an even more radical experiment with:
-simplified cubic structure expressing the interior,
- large bays of windows and a lack of decoration, which resembled the international style

7. LIST OF MAJOR WORKS:◦ Rue Franklin apartments, Paris, 1902–1904
◦ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1913
◦ Notre-Dame du Raincy, 1923
◦ Auguste Perret tower, Grenoble, 1925
◦ Hôtel Saint-Georges, Beirut, Lebanon 1932
◦ La maison-ateliers Chana Orloff, 7 bis villa Seurat, Paris, 1926.
◦ Concert hall of the École Normale de Musique de Paris, 1929
◦ Immeuble Lange, 9 place de la Porte-de-Passy, Paris (1929-1932)
◦ Services Techniques des Constructions Navales, 8 boulevard du General-Martial-Valin (15th arron.) Paris, 1929-1932; an
example of a framework of exposed concrete columns.
◦ Building, 51-55 rue Raynouard (16th arr.) Paris, (1932), where Perret had his offices
◦ Palais Iéna, Paris, 1937, originally built as the Museum of Public Works for the 1937 Paris Exposition, now home of the French
Economic, Social and Environmental Council
◦ Extensions to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1945
◦ City Hall, St. Joseph's Church and further reconstruction of the French city of Le Havre after more than 80,000 inhabitants of
that city were left homeless following World War II, 1949–1956
◦ Gare d'Amiens, 1955
◦ Villa Aghion, in Alexandria (partial attempt to destroy, 28 August 2009. Destroyed completely by 21 January 2016)

8. WORK STYLE:
◦ Auguste Perret gives attention to detail and texture. He focus on natural forms, classical
symmetry and order, and the structural system of Reinforced concrete.
◦ Auguste Perret considered reinforced concrete a noble material.
◦ He believed it could be as elegant as marble, or even as precious metals.
◦ He worked on in profession, and his designs often had few or no ornamentation, and a
clear differentiation of structural members, such as columns and beams.

9. LIST OF HIS MAJOR
WORKS-

10. 1.RUE FRANKLIN APPARTMENTS

11. RUE FRANKLIN APPARTMENTS-
◦ Architect- AUGUSTE PERRET
◦ Location- FRANCE
◦ Address- 25 bis rue franklin
◦ Date- 1902 to 1904
◦ Building Type- Apartment housing
◦ Construction System- Reinforced concrete frame
◦ Climate- Temperate
◦ Style- Early Modern

12. ARCHITECTURAL FEARTURES-
◦ Frank expression of RCC construction, highly glazed facade.
◦ Perret deliberately made the apartment partition walls nonstructural throughout and their partial
removal would have yielded an open space only by a series of free-standing large columns.
◦ Each floor is organized with the main and service stairs to the rear (each with its own elevator) the
kitchen to one side and the main rooms to the front.
◦ These last are divided up from left to right into rooms assigned to dining, living, sleeping and
reception."

13. DRAWING:

14. PLAN DRAWING:

15. AXONOMETRIC DRAWING:

16. PICTURES OF RUE FRANKLIN
APPARETMENT-

17. PICTURES OF RUE FRANKLIN
APPARTMENT-

18. 2. Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

19. Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
◦ Architect- AUGUSTE PERRET
◦ Location- France
◦ Address- 15 near Avenue des Champs-
Élysées
◦ Date- 1911-1913
◦ Building Type- Theatre, Opera House
◦ Construction System- Reinforced concrete
frame
◦ Style- Modern Architecture

20. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES:
◦ The theatre is built of reinforced concrete and features rectangular forms, straight lines.
◦ Decoration attached to the outside on plaques of marble and stucco, which was a radical departure from
the Art Nouveau style.
◦ A rigid modulation and simple decoration on the facades.
◦ The rounded corner breaks with the straight geometry to highlight that point.
◦ In the interior, the structure allowed for a large open space without massive walls.
◦ The building houses are in two smaller stages, the Comédie des Champs-Élysées theatre on the 3rd floor,
and the Studio des Champs-Élysées on the 5th floor.

21. TODAY-
◦ The Theatre was built from 1911 to 1913 upon the architectural designs of brothers Auguste
Perret and Gustave Perret following a scheme by Henry van de Velde and became the first
example of Art Deco architecture in the city.
◦ At present, the theatre shows about two staged opera productions a year, mostly baroque works
more suited to the modest size of its stage and orchestra pit.

22. PLANS:

23. 3RD FLOOR PLAN:

24. ELEVATION:

25. GALLERY-

27. 3. Notre-Dame au
Raincy

28. Notre-Dame au Raincy (Le
Raincy, 1923)

29. Notre-Dame au Raincy-
◦ Architect- AUGUSTE PERRET
◦ Location- France
◦ Address- Le Raincy near Paris.
◦ Date- 1922-23
◦ Building Type- Roman Catholic church
◦ Construction System- Reinforced concrete
◦ Style- Modern Architecture

30. ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS-
◦ The architectural design used concrete for economy. Rather than attempting to simulate masonry.
◦ The large columns rising to a height of 35 feet.
◦ Concrete as a new material was used on its own terms, with standardized elements, slender
supports, and thin membranes by windows.
◦ The entire interior is almost the same height, and thin concrete beams denote the different
aisles.
◦ The roof is a vaulted concrete slab. All the structural elements are visible.
◦ Stained glass was placed on the facades, filling the empty spaces between the structural
members so to give a lighting effect in the interior.

31. PRESENT:
◦ Damage and Cracks was noted in the 1960s, and studies showed that the original concrete
contained an excess of lime and water.
◦ Due to steel reinforcing was also deficient. Restoration work has proceeded, with particular
attention to the tower, using more modern materials and techniques.

32. PLAN DRAWING-

33. SECTION:

34. GALLERY-

36. 3. AUGUSTE PERRET TOWER
(GRENOBLE)

37. AUGUSTE PERRET TOWER
(GRENOBLE)

38. AUGUSTE PERRET TOWER:
• Architect- AUGUSTE PERRET
• Location- France
• Address- Mistral Park, France
• Date- 1925
• Building Type- Observation
Tower
• Construction System-
Reinforced concrete
• Style- Modern Architecture

39. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES:
◦ It was the orientation tower and the symbol of the exhibition.
◦ It stands 95 metres (312 ft) tall.
◦ Its section is octagonal.
◦ Its foundations are 15 metres (49 ft) long, made of 72 vertical stakes in reinforced concrete at
the top by a slab.
◦ The framework is compound of eight vertical poles.
◦ The diameter is 8 metres (26 ft) at the base. The last floor is reachable by helical stairs (visible
in the top openwork part) or by lift.
◦ It is a reinforced concrete structure whose formworks are modular and repetitive, and the
prefabricated fillings are re-used from the "Notre-Dame du Raincy" church.

40. PRESENT DAY-
◦ In 1960, the tower was closed to the public due to its degradation.
◦ In 1998, it was officially declared to be a national heritage site.
◦ Currently, the top of the tower is illuminated during the winter and is used as a support for the
fireworks of the 14th of July.
◦ No serious maintenance was made after the exhibition and the tower degradation might
become irreversible: iron frameworks are unsheathed or broken and oxidization of the iron
framework leads the reinforced concrete to crumble.

41. AUGUSTE PERRET TOWER
(GRENOBLE)

42. View during exhibitions night:

43. 4. St. Georges Hotel, Beirut

44. St. Georges Hotel, Beirut
◦ Architect- AUGUSTE PERRET
◦ Location- Beirut
◦ Country- Lebanon
◦ Date- 1930-32
◦ Building Type- Hotel
◦ Construction System- Reinforced concrete frame
◦ Style- Modern Architecture

45. ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS-
◦ The building clearly bears the influence of Auguste Perret with its rational organization of
space and exposed concrete.
◦ It has a modular plan based on a triple grid: 7 x 7 meters, 7 x 3.5 meters and 3.5 x 3.5
meters, skillfully adapted to the functional needs.
◦ The plan of the hotel was organized around an open-air courtyard under which is found the
kitchen, located there to avoid the harsh sun.
◦ The rail at the edge is made of ornamental hollowed concrete blocks with wide openings in
order to allow for maximum ventilation and view.
◦ The upper parts of the doors and windows are treated, also for ventilation purposes, with
hollow blocks of a tighter grid.

46. 3D VIEW:

47. PLAN-

48. GALLERY-

49. 5.VILLA SEURAT- ATELIERS CHANA
ORLOFF

50. VILLA SEURAT- ATELIERS CHANA
ORLOFF◦ Architect- AUGUSTE PERRET
◦ Location- Paris
◦ Country- France
◦ Date- 1926
◦ Building Type- house workshop
◦ Construction System- Reinforced concrete frame
◦ Style- Modern Architecture

51. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES:
◦ The Chana Orloff House-workshop was built in 1926 by Auguste and Gustave Perret.
◦ The Villa Seurat was subdivided from 1924 to 1926. At no. 7bis, the Perret brothers were
commissioned in 1926 to build a house-workshop for the female sculptor Chana
Orloff (1888-1968).
◦ The Perret adapt for the first time to the scale of a house a reinforced concrete structure
left visible . On the ground floor, solid wooden doors allow the passage of the
sculptures.
◦ A half-glazed part lights up the workshops. The second floor is a filling of sand-lime
bricks fitted into a point.

52. ELEVATION:

53. VILLA SEURAT- ATELIERS CHANA
ORLOFF

54. École Normale de Musique de
Paris

55. Interior View of École Normale de
Musique de
Paris-

56. The Chapel of Immaculate
Conception in Arcueil (1930)

57. Grand stairway of the Conseil
économique, social et environnemental,
Paris (1937)

58. PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT:
◦ "Construction is the architect's mother tongue; the architect is a poet who thinks and
speaks in construction.“
◦ One must never allow into a building any element destined solely for ornament, but
rather turn to ornament all the parts necessary for its support.“
— Auguste Perret. Concrete: The Vision of a New Architecture

59. HONORS-
◦ From 1940 Perret taught at the École des Beaux-Arts.
◦ He won the Royal Gold Medal in 1948 and
AIA Gold Medal in 1952.
◦ In 1998, the Perret Tower in Grenoble was declared a national heritage site by France.

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