“Non si può pensare un’architettura senza pensare alla gente.” -Cit.Richard Rogers
(L’edificio in foto è la cappella di Notre-Dame du Haut, situata a Ronchamp in Francia, progettata da Le Corbusier, ed è considerata uno dei più celebri esempi di moderna architettura religiosa, da notare anche il notevole gioco di luci)
InTowards a New Architecture, Le Corbusier expresses his fanboyism for the Parthenon as an object of modernity, admiring its “audacity for square mouldings”, “austere profiles” and “doric morality”.
“Cette maison, je l'ai toujours trouvée très triste, très belle, belle et triste comme un musée. C'est la maison qui faisait la loi. La place de chaque chose y était désignée à l'avance et même celle des personnes. Il est difficile d'y être vivant. Nous y étions comme des sculptures." Marie Jaoul, à propos de sa maison à Neuilly-sur-Seine, dessinée par Le Corbusier.
#14 villa savoye | 1928 autor: le corbusier local: poissy, frança motivo: "máquina de morar", a villa savoye é um dos principais exemplares da arquitetura moderna do século XX
#8 edifício gustavo capanema | 1945 autor: lúcio costa, oscar niemeyer, afonso eduardo reidy, jorge moreira, carlos leão e ernani vasconcelos, seguindo alguns princípios arquitetônicos sugeridos por le corbusier local: rio de janeiro, brasil motivo: marco do modernismo do brasil
Four façades of Villa Shodan [1951-1956] by Le Corbusier in Ahmedabad, India.
“The original design of Villa Shodhan was commissioned to the secretary of the Millowners, Surottam Hutheesing, in 1951. His intention was to showcase his social and economic position prior to his impending marriage by building a house reflecting his lifestyle.[4] However, the plans were then sold to fellow millowner, Shyamubhai Shodhan. Despite his different lifestyle and an entirely new site for the project, Shodhan elected to retain the original plans as was the case for all of Le Corbusier’s Indian projects.
For this building to be incorporated into the culture and style of Ahmedabad, Le Corbusier incorporated features of old Ahmedabad houses, including the ancestral Shodhan residence. The most prominent reflection of this is the double height living room on the ground level. Traditionally, the entrance halls of old Ahmedabad houses were double-height, reflecting opulence and status. This readaptation, along with the open plan of the building allowed Villa Shodhan to be integrated into the Indian environment. This is a very different to his parallel running project, Villa Sarabhai”
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