He was born in Switzerland in 1887, and moved to Paris in 1917. He was the son of both famous artist and musician. At age 13, he left primary school to attend Arts Decoratifs at La Chaux-de-Fonds. There he learnt enameling and engraving watch faces. He made part of the Modern movement.
ARCHITECTURE
A tutor at his school insisted he takes architecture and arranged for him to work on local projects. He designed his first house in 1907 at the age of 20. One of his best works was Villa Savoye 1928-1931
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| Villa Savoye; 1928-1931
In 1921 he returned to his old school to teach. He designed villas and began to theorize on modern techniques, like reinforcing concrete as a structural frame.
He succeeded in re-building affordable houses in cities that were bombed during World War 1 by this new technique of his.
Interesting characteristics in nearly every structural design Corbusier designed were
-Open space
-Eliminating obstructive pole support
PRODUCT DESIGN
His most famous designs were the Chaise Lounge Chair and the Grand comfort, both designed in between 1928 and 1930.
Both chrome plated with tubular steel and canvas cushions filled with PU foam. His famous chairs remind me alot of Marcel Breuer's Wassily Chair 1926, bent tubular steel and canvas were also used.
 Marcel Breuer's bent tubular steel and canvas Wassily Chair.
not mentioned. (2014). LE CORBUSIER. Available: http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A3426&page_number=5&template_id=1&sort_order=1. Last accessed 21st january 2014.
Marijke Küper. (2014). about the artist. Available: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4922. Last accessed 21st january 2014. |
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