26 – Le Corbusier – 1 – Have Formwork, Will Travel
We’re taking on the origin story of (for better or worse) the most important architect of the 20th century — Charles-Edouard Jeanneret aka Le Corbusier. His origins — petit bourgeois, Swiss, provincial — can make his eventual rise to world-enveloping notoriety and era-defining influence seem all the more unlikely. We’re digging into his childhood, family, education and travels as a young man before taking on a couple of early projects.
We discuss —
La Chaux de Fonds
Charles L’Eplattanier, his teacher
Jugendstil & Art Nouveau
Early projects —
Villa Fallet
Villas Stotzer & Jacquemet
Villa Jeanneret
Villa Favre-Jacot
Travels, and meetings with —
Otto Wagner
Josef Hoffman
Vienna Secession Building
Auguste Perret
Rue Franklin Apartments
Peter Behrens
Mount Athos
And a more detailed look at —
Villa Schwob (including Colin Rowe’s ‘Mannerism and Modern Architecture’)
Maison Domino
We've been reading —
Nicholas Fox Weber ‘Le Corbusier: A Life’ (2008)
Jean-Louis Cohen ‘Le Corbusier: Le Grand’ (2014)
Oppositions 15-16 (1980)
Music —
The final part of Beethoven’s 9th — the Ode to Joy
An excerpt from —
Mahler: Symphony No. 3: iii. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
(from archive.org)[https://archive.org/details/MahlerSymphonyNo.3Iii.Comodo.Scherzando.OhneHastjordanCond.]
Britt Brothers — ‘Alpine Milkman Yodel’ (1933) (from archive.org)[https://archive.org/details/78_alpine-milkman-yodel_britt-brothers_gbia0004159a]
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