modern Architecture

1. ““PPIIOONNEEEERR OOFF MMOODDEERRNN
AARRCCHHIITTEECCTTUURREE””
Le Corbusier (1887-1965)

2. BIOGRAPHY
 Charles-Édouard
Jeanneret-Gris aka Le
Corbusier was a Swiss-born
French architect.
 1907 – worked under
Auguste Perrete at Paris.
 1908 – studied architecture
at Vienna.
 During World War I he
came up with Domino
house.

3. BIOGRAPHY
 1918 – 1922 - developed
Purist painting with
Ozenfant.
 Partnering with his cousin,
they made a series of villas.
 He viewed house as “a
machine for living in”.
 Delved into city planning
and designed Chandigarh.
 Died while swimming in
Mediterrenean sea on 1965.

4. Style of Architecture
Mechanical analogy
Linguistic analogy
Five points of Architecture
Use of pilotis i.e. reinforced
concrete stilts
Free façade
Open floor plan
Long horizontal ribbon windows
Roof garden

5. Major Projects

6. UN Headquarters
Architects :
Le Corbusier
Oscar Niemeyer

7. Golden Ratio
Assembly Hall

8. Chandigarh
Aerial
View

11. Unité d'Habitation
Le Corbusier attempted to
realize his urban planning
schemes on a small scale by
constructing a series of "unités"
around France.
The most famous of these was
the Unité d'Habitation of
Marseilles (1946–1952).

12. Key Features
Strong pilotis creating circulation space
beneath
Window from outside
Window from inside

13. Snapshots

14. Snapshots

15. Nôtre Dame du Haut
Ronchamp, France

16. Roof shell
on
columns

17. Diffused Light
Light Tower

18. Abstract Fountain

19. Time for
a short break
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20. Villa
Savoye
Case Study

21.  Location: Poissy, France
 Date: 1928 to 1929
 Construction System:
Reinforced Concrete and
plastered unit masonry
 Climate: Temperate
 Style: Modern

22. ‘The reinforced concrete gives us the pilotis. The house is
up in the air, far from the ground: the garden runs under
the house...’

23. 'The columns set back from the
facades, inside the house. The floor
continues cantilevered. The facades
are no longer anything but light
skins of insulating walls or
windows. The facade is free.'

24. 'Until now: load-bearing walls; …. forming the ground
floor and the upper stories, up to the eaves. The layout is
a slave to the supporting walls. Reinforced concrete in
the house provides a free plan!...’

25. 'The window is one of
the essential features of
the house. Reinforced
concrete provides a
revolution in the history
of the window.
Windows can run from
one end of the facade
to the other.'

26. '...the garden is also over the house, on the roof...’

27. Ground Floor Plan

28. First Floor Plan

29. Section Drawing

30. Ramp and Stairs

31. Interior Views

32. Presented By:
Rakesh Samaddar
Harrshavardhanraju
Vislavath Praveen