Philosophies of le corbusier

TIME , LIFE, WORKS AND
PHILOSOPIES OF
Le corbusier
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)
• 1887-1965
•Swiss architect
•urban planner
•Painter
•Writer
•Designer
•Theorist
• active mostly in
France

1. Pilotis
2. Free Plan
3. Free Façade
4. Ribbon Windows
5. Roof Garden
Le Corbusier’s 5 Points of a New
Architecture?
(1) the pilotis elevating the mass off the ground,
(2) the free plan, achieved through the separation of the load-bearing columns from
the walls subdividing the space,
(3) the free facade, the corollary of the free plan in the vertical plane,
(4) the long horizontal sliding window and finally
(5) the roof garden, restoring, supposedly, the area of ground covered by the house

Le Corbusier’s 5 Points of a New
ARCHITECTURE?
Four Studies of the potentials of the 'Five Points', 1929.
(a) Maison La Roche-Jeanneret, (b) Villa Stein, (c) Villa at Carthage,
(d) Villa Savoye

Maison La Roche-Jeanneret
8-10 Square du Docteur-Blanche, Auteuil,
Paris, France , 1923 ,

This double house designed in 1923 for Raoul La Roche and Albert Jeanneret,
marks a milestone in the architectural reflection of Le Corbusier,
The "five points" for composing the facade and ribbon windows are present, as
well as the two-story spaces and balconies characteristic of the architect.

The house marks a radical departure in that it was more picturesque and
spatially elaborate than its predecessors.

The program included a salon, dining room, bedrooms, a study, a kitchen, a
maid's room and a garage. The site faced north, and zoning restrictions
prevented windows looking over the surrounding back gardens. It was
therefore necessary to get light in by creating light courts, a terrace, and
skylights.

Villa Stein
Garches, Paris, France , 1926-1928

Villa Stein
Garches, Paris, France , 1926-1928
The architect, in the "Four Compositions," says that his conception of volume in his
designs comes from his solid modeling. Stein's house, according to this thinking, is
part of the second type that says, "The second shows an understanding of the
organisms inside the rigid packaging, absolutely pure. The difficult problem,
perhaps to the delight of the mind, is the cost to spiritual energy tied in the middle of
the restrictions imposed."

Villa Baizeau
at Carthage , Tunisia , 1928-1930
The house that was built at last was no longer
a “plan libre” free plan house, but more a “do
mino” type.

Villa Savoye
Poissy, France , 1929-1931

Villa Savoye
The villa savoye was also a
realization of the 'five points'. As
well as demonstrating these, it
also has the characteristic
elements such as the entrance
ramp (which cuts through the
middle of the grid), the curving
walls of the solarium and, the
pilotis and slab construction.
Once inside the ground floor,
one can promenade through
either by a ramp or a curving
staircase.
Ground Floor Plan

Villa Savoye
The first floor, surrounded
entirely by a ribbon window,
consisted of the complete
lining accommodation
wrapped in the open terrace.
Light and air penetrated
everywhere. Direct contact
with the surrounding
landscape is achieved by
various openings, views are
framed like a picture.
First Floor Plan

Le Corbusier, Unité d’ Habitation,
Marseilles, France 1946-52

THIS is a Dominican Order priory in a valley
near Lyon, France designed by the architect
Le Corbusier and constructed between 1956
and 1960. La Tourette is considered one of
the more important buildings of the late
Modernist style. The structural frame is of
rough reinforced concrete. The panes of
glass located on the three exterior faces
achieve, for the first time, the system called
"the undulatory glass surface.― On the other
hand, in the garden-court of the cloister, the
fenestration is composed of large concrete
elements reaching from floor to ceiling,
perforated with glazed voids and separated
from one another by "ventilators": vertical
slits covered by metal mosquito netting and
furnished with a pivoting shutter. The
corridors leading to the dwelling cells are lit
by a horizontal opening located under the
ceiling.
The Monastry of Sainte Marie de La Tourette
Lyon, France , 1956 - 1960.

 The buildings contain a
hundred sleeping rooms
for teachers and students,
study halls, a hall for work
and one for recreation, a
library and a refectory.
 Next comes the church
where the monks carry on
alone (on occasion in the
presence of several of the
faithful).
 Finally, the circulation
connects all the parts in
particular those which
appear in a new form (the
achievement of the
traditional cloister form is
rendered impossible here
by the slope of terrain).
Lyon, France , 1956 - 1960.

 On two levels, the loggias crowning the building (one for each
acoustically-isolated monk's cell) form brises-soleil.
 The study halls, work and recreation halls, as well as the library occupy the
upper-level.
 Below are the refectory and the cloister in the form of a cross leading to
the church.
Lyon, France , 1956 - 1960.

Lyon, France , 1956 - 1960.
 And then come the piles carrying
the four convent buildings rising
from the slope of the terrain left in
its original condition, without
terracing.

The chapel of Notre Dame du Haut ,
Ronchamp, 1954
it departs from his principles of standardization and the machine
aesthetic, giving in instead to a site-specific response.

The chapel of Notre Dame du Haut ,
Ronchamp, 1954

The Capitol complex,
Chandigarh , india 1956, Le corbusier
The Capitol
Le Corbusier liked to compare the city he planned to a biological entity: the head
was the Capitol, the City Center was the heart and work areas of the institutional
area and the university were limbs.
Asymmetrically arranged in a
huge square, the buildings of
the Capitoline together
represent the powers of the
democratic state and are
comprised of:
•Courts (Judiciary)
•Secretariat (Executive)
•Legislative Assembly
(legislature)
•Governor's Palace (not
implemented)
•Trench contemplation
•Ponds

Legislative Assembly Building , Capitol complex,
Chandigarh , india 1956, Le corbusier

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BUILDING , Capitol
complex, Chandigarh

complex, Chandigarh ,
The building has two entrances: one at the basement level for everyday use an the
other from the piazza level for ceremonial occasions through a massive entrance, 7.60
meters high and 7.60 meters broad, whose enameled door translates a cubist mural
painted by Le Corbusier himself.

extreme contrast + carving of ground

subtractive quality of light versus shadow

Secretariat, Capitol complex, Chandigarh , india 1956,
Le corbusier
Located at the other end of the Capitol, separating the Palace of Justice and at the
western end of the government, called the Secretariat is a long bar of 245 m long
and 42 high, which contains 8-level administrative offices of two provinces Punjab
and Haryana.

SECRETARIAT, Capitol complex, Chandigarh , india
Inside the dining room at the secretariat distinguish the separation of the structure
with windows, this being one of the favorites of Le Corbusier

High Court , Capitol complex, Chandigarh , india
The High Court is a linear block with the main facade towards the piazza. It
has a rhythmic arcade created by a parasol-like roof, which shades the entire
building. Keeping in view the special dignity of the entrance for them through a
high portico resting on three giant pylons painted in bright colors. Very much in
the tradition of the Buland Darwaza of Fatehpur-Sikri, this grand entrance with
its awesome scale is intended to manifest the Majesty of the Law to all who
enter.

HIGH COURT , Capitol complex, Chandigarh , india,

“For the first time perhaps, the pressing problems of architecture,
were solved in a modern spirit. Economy, sociology, aesthetics:
a new solution using new methods.”
- LE CORBUSIER (1923)

“Through the channel of my painting
I arrived at my architecture.”
- Le Corbusier.
What is ARCHITECTURE?

Compiled by : FD Architects Forum
Gr. Floor , Ashoka apartment
Bhawani Singh Road
C-scheme , Jaipur -302001
Rajasthan ( INDIA)
Ph. 91-0141-2743536
Email: fdjaipur@gmail.com
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