Ideas of Structure and the Structure of Ideas: Le Corbusier's Pavillon Suisse, 1930-1931

1981 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-310
Author(s):  
William J. R. Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
New Era ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Architectural Language ◽  
The Given ◽  
The Way

Le Corbusier was obsessed with creating the prototypes of a new era of harmony for the industrial city. His solutions to individual commissions were often laden with urbanistic principles which he sometimes demonstrated at the expense of a more immediate practicality. By digging into the design process of Pavillon Suisse, we may sense how Le Corbusier translated the given program and site into the terminology of his own dream, how he coped with compromises and attacks on his ideal intentions, and how he adjusted and extended an architectural language that was already mature. In particular we are better able to gauge the way standard elements, such as the pilotis, were "re-thought" to embody new levels of meaning.

Le pan de verre scientifique: Le Corbusier and the Saint-Gobain glass laboratory experiments (1931–32)

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Internal Cavity ◽  
Glass Wall ◽  
New Era ◽  
Winter Cold ◽  
Translucent Material ◽  
Environmental Theory ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The Way

As to the isothermicity of the translucent walls, experimental laboratories will be able in the near future to give us a new translucent material whose isothermal properties will be equal to that of the thickest wall. From then on, we will witness the inauguration of a new era: buildings will be altogether hermetically closed. Windows will no longer be needed on the façade; consequently neither dust nor flies nor mosquitoes will enter the houses; nor will noise.Le Corbusier's fascination with light and glass formed a continuing thread throughout his career. After his maxim ‘architecture is lighted floors’ came the passionate discourses to defend the building's openness, first with his fenêtre en longueur, the ribbon window, and ultimately with his emblematic pan de verre, the glass wall that would not only provide sunlight-flooded interiors but would also most significantly contribute to shape the Modernist imagery. Despite the profuse explorations invested in this concept, Le Corbusier would always lament his failure to execute his ‘pan de verre 100%’ in the way he would have desired: ‘as a mur neutralisant constituted by a double glass-wall with an internal cavity through which conditioned air would circulate, hot in winter, cold in summer’.The idea of the mur neutralisant was born as part of a challenging environmental theory for buildings, termed either respiration exacte or air exact [1], proposed by Le Corbusier in collaboration with his cousin and practice partner Pierre Jeanneret in 1928. Le Corbusier would describe this theory in two of his most dogmatic publications: first, as one of his lectures (5 October 1929) collected in Précisions (1930) and, second, as part of La Ville Radieuse (1935), his manifesto on modern habitation.

scholarly journals Recent Advances in Single-Cell Profiling and Multispecific Therapeutics: Paving the Way for a New Era of Precision Medicine Targeting Cardiac Fibroblasts

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Yu Shi ◽  
Xin Luo ◽  
Tracy M. Yamawaki ◽  
Chi-Ming Li ◽  
Brandon Ason ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Cardiac Fibroblasts ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Cardiac Fibroblast ◽  
New Era ◽  
Fibroblast Activation ◽  
Cell Gene Expression ◽  
The Way

Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiac fibroblast activation contributes to fibrosis, maladaptive remodeling and heart failure progression. This review summarizes the latest findings on cardiac fibroblast activation dynamics derived from single-cell transcriptomic analyses and discusses how this information may aid the development of new multispecific medicines. Recent Findings Advances in single-cell gene expression technologies have led to the discovery of distinct fibroblast subsets, some of which are more prevalent in diseased tissue and exhibit temporal changes in response to injury. In parallel to the rapid development of single-cell platforms, the advent of multispecific therapeutics is beginning to transform the biopharmaceutical landscape, paving the way for the selective targeting of diseased fibroblast subpopulations. Summary Insights gained from single-cell technologies reveal critical cardiac fibroblast subsets that play a pathogenic role in the progression of heart failure. Combined with the development of multispecific therapeutic agents that have enabled access to previously “undruggable” targets, we are entering a new era of precision medicine.

Eye Camera Window: Takashi Homma on Le Corbusier

Public ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (63) ◽  
pp. 118-121
Author(s):  
Na’ama Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Visual Interpretation ◽  
Camera Lens ◽  
The Way

A new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montreal, QC), Eye Camera Window: Takashi Homma on Le Corbusier, investigates the practice of Japanese architectural photographer Takashi Homma (1962) and his exploration of the intrinsic similarities between windows and cameras in the way they mediate an experience, be it in a modernist dwelling or in a photograph recalling a memory. Homma’s photographs focus attention on the ‘eye’, the ‘camera’, and the ‘window’ in the way they shape perspective in intimate form. In a visual interpretation that uses the camera lens as an eye to witness new forms, Homma advances an argument of timelessness, providing intimate architectural perspectives on eternal vistas.

scholarly journals A Methodology for Architecture Theory and Practices Research: Design Practices Evaluation Studio

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Fathi Bashier
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Research Goal ◽  
Architecture Theory ◽  
The Way

This article presents the initial findings of the design research carried out during the last semester by the master of architecture students at Wollega University, Ethiopia. The research goal is the creation of new knowledge to improve the design process. The dissatisfaction with the outcomes of the conventional design approach has led to rising concern and growing awareness of the need to evaluate design outcomes and to learn from the failure. That inadequate understanding of design problems leads frequently to design failure suggests that the evaluation of design outcomes can be made by assessing the way architects develop understanding of design problems, and how they use that understanding for developing knowledge base of the design process. The assumption is that architects’ understanding of design problems can be assessed by examining the way data is used for developing the knowledge base of the design process. The students surveyed the architects’ views in order to produce knowledge, which can be used to develop methods for discovering how inadequate data contributes to miss-informed design decisions; and methods for assessing the architects’ understanding of design problems. In this article the survey findings are analyzed and documented; and, the way the insight drawn from the inquiry can be used in future research for developing design theory, is discussed.Keywords: design outcomes, failure, evaluation, questionnaire, analyze

scholarly journals Exploration of the Way out for Education Reform Based on the Status Quo of Chinese and Foreign Education Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Yifan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Education Reform ◽  
Education System ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Status ◽  
Practical Reality ◽  
The Government ◽  
Foreign Education ◽  
Education In China ◽  
The Way

 Against the backdrop of growing national strength and rapid economic development, the government has placed more emphasis on education. In recent years, remarkable achievements have been registered in terms of education in China, which lays a solid foundation for cultivating comprehensive professionally-trained personnel in the new era. However, the current education system is ridden with many setbacks and problems. This paper conducts an analysis of the specific conditions of education both at home and abroad, status quo of education in China, makes some reflections on the direction and measures of China's education reform based on the practical reality of education in China. Measures should be taken to inject personalities into the traditional, exam-oriented education system, which keeps pace with the new era. As is known to all, it's important to strike a balance between public education and non-government funded education in a scientific and reasonable manner. The overhauling of traditional education policies will pave the way for China's educational renaissance and realize the great blueprint of the Chinese dream. 

scholarly journals Cashless Economy in India: Challenges Ahead

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
Aslam Hasan ◽  
Mohammed Atif Aman ◽  
Mohd Ashraf Ali
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Online Banking ◽  
Electronic Payment ◽  
Payment Systems ◽  
New Era ◽  
Digital Money ◽  
The Way

In an attempt to curb-out black money, money laundering, and to have a sound economy, the central government of India has embarked on the cashless economy. It is the birth of a new era in the nation with life with digital money. This paper is going to conceptualize the meaning of a cashless system, explains online banking techniques in India, schemes by government to spread the cashless system in India and highlights the challenges of the cashless economy and electronic payment systems. The objective of this study is to examine the significant challenges that are faced by Indians on the way towards cashless. To achieve the objectives of this exploratory type of personal study, interviews will be conducted.

scholarly journals An approach to the low-resistance measurement

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-307
Author(s):  
Radojle Radetic ◽  
Marijana Pavlov-Kagadejev ◽  
Darko Brodic ◽  
Nikola Milivojevic
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Resistance Measurement ◽  
Functional Characteristics ◽  
The Real ◽  
Low Resistance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Resistor Measuring ◽  
The Way

The paper presents the real instrument functional characteristics and describes the way of practical solutions of its performance improvement. It presents the design process of the instrument made for resistance measuring. In order to achieve desired objectives, a great number of experiments have been carried out during the development. Basically, the comparison method has been applied. At first, it was intended for the small resistor measuring as a single range unit. Later, the device has been improved and upgraded for a wide range resistance measuring. Finally, some of the difficulties have been detected and explained as well. The paper contains solutions developed and applied for their overcoming.

The Representation of Mary in the Architecture of Le Corbusier's Chapel at Ronchamp

1999 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 398-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora Samuel
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Cult Of Mary ◽  
The Way

In the Fondation Le Corbusier in Paris there is a little guide for pilgrims that was given to the architect when he began work on the pilgrimage chapel of Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp (1955), probably the most influential yet contentious building of the twentieth century (fig. 1). Within the guide, the section on the cult of Mary has been heavily underlined and in the margin is the word “feminism,” written by Le Corbusier, a very unusual departure for a man of his times. In this article I will examine the role of Mary in the work of Le Corbusier and discuss the way in which she is interpreted in the architecture of Ronchamp.

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