scholarly journals Le Corbusier. La dualidad "architecure mâle" y "architecture femelle"

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Andrea García González

<p><em>In the 50´s, Le Corbusier publishes two books, Le Modulor (1950) and Le Poème de l´Angle Droit (1955). They are extremely important given that they represent the synthesis of his architectural thought at the height of his career. In both, references can be observed to the duality of male-female, which do not seem to have been previously part of the architect´s consistent theoretical body. One decade later, duality imbues the architectural critics, who interpret it as the opposition between two residential projects from early 1920´s, the Maisons Monol and the Maisons Citrohan. Both projects are proclaimed as a germ of two genealogical lines which come to an end with the Villas Sarabhai and Shodhan in the 50´s. They are related respectively with two concepts "architecture femelle" and "architecture mâle", cited by Le Corbusier in Le Modulor. However, the exhaustive analysis of the paradigm of both architectures through different periods, a complete reading of both texts and its relationship with Le Corbusier´s  pictorial production, brings to light the importance of ambiguity and polysemy in the architect's work, which is difficult to divide in hermetic categories.</em></p>


Author(s):  
Esmeralda López García

Resumen: Le Corbusier durante gran parte de su vida busca volver la vista hacia las tradiciones mediterráneas. Con el fin de desvelar la arquitectura y el paisaje españoles, realiza un gran número de viajes en tren y coche a lo largo de su territorio y será durante su visita a Barcelona en 1928 cuando nace su interés por la técnica de la bóveda catalana. Es una época de su carrera en la que empieza a interesarse por métodos de construcción y materiales tradicionales. Para el arquitecto la bóveda catalana es un sistema con grandes posibilidades formales y una gran flexibilidad frente a su sencillez de medios. Le Corbusier muestra la influencia de sus viajes por el Mediterráneo, en especial de su viaje a Barcelona, y de su relación con varios arquitectos españoles en una gran cantidad de obras residenciales realizadas entre los años 20 y 50. Consiguió definir la expresividad del proyecto a través de la repetición de un único elemento arquitectónico, el sistema abovedado sobre una retícula, y de la utilización de diversos materiales como el ladrillo, vidrio y hormigón. Tras años de estudios de estos elementos el arquitecto adapta la bóveda catalana a las innovaciones estructurales del hormigón armado, demostrando una gran autonomía formal y temporal respecto al resto de sus proyectos y consiguiendo aunar tradición y modernidad en una única obra. Abstract: Throughout his life Le Corbusier was inspired by Mediterranean traditions. In order to discover Spanish architecture and landscape, he went on numerous of car and train trips throughout its territory. During his visit to Barcelona in 1928 he discovered the craftsmanship of thin-tile Catalan vaults. This was a period in his career in which he began to be interested in traditional building methods and materials. Le Corbusier looked at Catalan vaults as a very flexible formal system versus its simplicity of means. He showed the influence of his travels around the Mediterranean, particularly when he travelled to Barcelona and his relationship with many Spanish architects, in a large number of residential projects built between the 20s and the 50s. He managed to define the project expressivity through the repetition of an unique architectural element, the vault on a grid system, and the use of different materials such as brick, glass and concrete. After several years studying these elements he was able to adapt the Catalan vault system to innovative reinforced concrete structural solutions, showing a great formal and temporary autonomy compared to the rest of his projects while combining tradition and modernity in a unique work.Palabras clave: Mediterráneo; viajes; bóveda catalana; tradición; modernidad. Keywords: Mediterranean; trips; Catalan vault; tradition; modernity. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/LC2015.2015.527



TERRITORIO ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Silvia Bodei
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TERRITORIO ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Giancarlo Consonni ◽  
Graziella Tonon
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2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-218
Author(s):  
Yannis Tsiomis
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Roma
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Author(s):  
Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece

This chapter discusses the movie palace’s decline and the beginnings of the neutralized movie theater from the 1920s to 1932. While much scholarship has attributed the transition to either economics after the Depression or the emergence of sound, the chapter argues for the importance of modernist architectural trends, such as the work of Le Corbusier, and new dimensions of spectatorship invested in attention. Modern machine culture reinforced the need for a theater structure that would make spectators into parts of a filmic assembly line. Ben Schlanger emerges as the loudest voice of neutralization, demanding a “slaughtering” of unnecessary decoration in the urban movie theater. His and multiple lighting designers’ work with light and darkness in the theater exemplify the upheavals in 1920s–1930s exhibition: from a theater with a panoply of effects to one centered on the dramatic play of light and dark within the film and its environment.



Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Chuloh Jung ◽  
Jihad Awad

Due to unprecedented urbanization, UAE had built many new residential projects with poor choices of material and ventilation. This social phenomenon is leading UAE to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) faster than any other countries. The Dubai Municipality regulates the indoor air quality with strict stipulation, but the detailed regulations are still insufficient. The objective of this paper is to measure the indoor air quality of new residential projects in Dubai to suggest the improvement of the regulations for indoor air quality. As a methodology, a field survey was conducted to investigate the status of indoor air pollution in residential buildings. Based on the field survey data, lab experiments for building materials were conducted and a computer simulation on radon gas was conducted. The result had shown that radon gas was mainly detected in new townhouses and labor camp houses, and its concentration was found to exceed the standard. Volatile organic solvents (VOCs) and formaldehyde (CH2O) were mainly detected in showhouses and new townhouses, and the concentration distribution was about 10 times higher than that of outdoors. It was proven that emission concentration of radon gas from various building materials were detected, and the order was red clay, gypsum board, and concrete. Volatile organic solvents (VOCs) are mainly detected in oil paints and PVC floor and the radiation amount of all pollutants increased with temperature increase. In computer simulation, it was found that a new townhouse needs a grace period from 20 days to 6 months to lower the radon gas concentration by 2 pCi/L. This study will serve as a basic data to establish more detailed regulation for the building materials and improve the IAQ standards in Dubai.





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