25. Corbusier Flashcards
The first building designed by Corbusier that incorporated pilotis was ______________.
Villa Savoye
The original purpose of the Dom-ino system was to ________________.
Cheap, quick housing because of WWI
What was the elevational design advantage of the Dom-ino system? Was this the first realization of this advantage?
Free walls and facades because of cantilever; no, Root did it first
Why did Le Corbusier use ramps in the interiors of his early houses?
So as not to break flow of space
List two influences on Corbusier’s interest in the two-story living space:
- Parisian art studio
- Parisian restaurant
“A machine for living in” is a concept associated with the work of _________________.
Le Corbusier
What three major architectural figures worked in Peter Behrens’ office?
- Gropius
- Mies
- Le Corbusier
List Corbusier’s Five Points of a New Architecture:
- Free plan
- Free facade
- Ribbon window
- Pilotis
- Roof Garden
Le Corbusier used this term to describe the spatial sequence in his buildings:
Architectural promenade
Le Corbusier worked for what two major European figures in pre-WWI Europe which had a marked influence on his career?
- Perret
- Behrens
The golden section as an ordering system was best represented in the work of what architect we studied
this period?
Le Corbusier
_________________ was the term Le Corbusier and Ozenfant chose for their painting style, which was a conscious rejection of much of what Cubism represented.
Purism
“Towards an Architecture” was written by ______________.
Le Corbusier
Sketch the car approach to the ground floor of the Villa Savoye.
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Draw Le Corbusier’s four compositions and name the building which is an example of each.
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