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2nd Year - Interior Architecture Tectonics DE22030 ________________________________________________________________________ Eyes which do not see What did the architectural theory of Le Corbusier derive from Planes, Cars and Liners? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Contents 0.1 Eyes which do not see
..1 0.2 Making Waves
0.3 Exemplary
0.4 Villa Savoye
0.5 National Monument
. 0.6 Moral Purpose
0.7 Machanical poem
0.8 Looking Back to the Future
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Eyes which do not see Eyes which do not see published in 1923, is a provoking yet tempered statement showing Le Corbusiers critical stance on the architecture and injudicious design of the world he saw at the time. The following text will discuss Le Corbusier's views on issues regarding the concepts employed in the creation and construction of architecture of this period. While practicing as an architect, Le Corbusier was active as a painter and writer. In his painting he was associated with Amιdιe Ozenfant in the school of Purism, one of a number of movements that grew out of cubism. In 1920 he founded with Ozenfant the review L'Esprit Nouveau (The New Spirit), for which he wrote numerous articles to support his theories on architecture. These theories were developed from 1920 to 1925 and culminated in his concept of the ideal house as "a machine for living" Essentially a functionalist, he broke with historic styles, and sought a style based on engineering achievements in bridge building and steamship construction, on modern materials such as Ferro concrete, sheet glass, synthetics steel frame and the concrete slab for contemporary needs such as town planning and housing projects. His work did much to bring about general acceptance of the now-common international style of low-lying unadorned buildings that depend for aesthetic effect on simplicity of forms and to function. Making Waves In the 19th century there were calls to invent a new architecture for the 19th century, that did not involve dressing buildings up in styles derived from buildings of earlier centuries Why couldnt there be an original 19th century style? Viollet- Le- Duc for example argued that the new architecture would derive from new ways of constructing buildings. It did not happen convincingly until people like Mies and Le Corbusier devised ways of making architecture look as if it had shaken off historical ornament in order to adopt a modern way of doing things. Le Corbusiers masterstroke was to claim that the machine had taken over traditional craftsman and that mass-produced objects like the Ocean liner were legitimate style icons. With engineering requirements and the salty environment relegating decoration and forcing an efficient eye in respect to material choice, proportion, form and finish, the Ocean liner held the purified and rationalized manner respective of the modernist vision Le Corbusier held close. The steamship is the first stage in the realization of the world organized according to the new spirit Bold and prudent, projecting a format interpretable all over the world, the Ocean Liner was an unconscious symbol of modernism. Housing problems distressing the industrial cities at the time, needed the same understanding, the same functional and logical format as inspired by the machine, as inspired by industry, as inspired by man's passion for order and manageability if they were to drive out the cramped dank d wellings that were fraught with disease and few amenities. Le Corbusier was convinced that good design using the standardized housing types he had developed, could offer a healthy and humane alternative that would rescue both middle and working class societies from social unrest; it was "architecture or revolution" Inspiring Europe and the world Le Corbusier was undoubtedly modern architecture's conscience. He was even considered valuable by his enemy in Frank Lloyd Wright. Modernism was to bring relief, not instant, but like the odd twists and vortices a drop of ink makes in a glass of water, the effect is gradual. It hit America, bringing advantages when it came to building skyscrapers cheaply. In Europe it had a more profound social element as it made its way into public housing, schools etc Exemplary Kensal House in London (1938) form follows function Kensal House was one of the more notable steps that acknowledged the modernist social/political ideals in the UK.
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