Meleiro Lima, Susana(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The aim of this investigation is to present an approach to the notion of a global architect, the universality of his
theory and legacy. The investigation is composed in two main stages whose goals are the following: ...
Tolic, Ines(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The paper deals with Le Corbusier’s unbuilt project for Venice analyzing the meaning of the Civic Hospital within
the cultural context between 1954, the year in which the new master plan started to take shape, and ...
Martinez Arroyo, Carmen; Pemjean Muñoz, Rodrigo; Sanz Alarcón, Juan Pedro(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The object of study of this research is the not built residential project designed by Le Corbusier in 1942 for a farm
near Cherchell, Algeria. From the drawings that constitute the existing graphic documentation of ...
Baladron Carrizo, Alfredo(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The box B3-7 at the Fondation Le Corbusier is named “Ouvrage: L’Espace indicible”. It contains several
documents related to an unpublished book that Le Corbusier was working out since 1953 until 1961. After the Second ...
Bodei, Silvia(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] In Les trois établissements humains (1945) Le Corbusier, with the ASCORAL group, describes the Green Factory
as an industrial establishment organised according to « a biology of circulation, a composition of buildings ...
Río Vázquez, Antonio(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The interest of Le Corbusier on hydroelectric industry is a constant throughout his life, especially as inspiration
and reference to project its architecture, shaping a lesson of the dam that we will see focused in ...
Lus Arana, Luis(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] In 1921, issue 11-12 of L’Esprit Nouveau featured an article entitled “Toepffer, précurseur du cinema” where Le
Corbusier, signing as ‘De Fayet’, vindicated the figure of Rodolphe Töpffer (1799-1846), a Swiss a pioneer ...
Lopez Garcia, Esmeralda(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] 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 ...
Lopes Dias, Tiago(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] Pedro Vieira de Almeida (Lisbon, 1933 – Matosinhos, 2011) is one of the most prominent critics and theorists of
architecture in the second half of the 20th century in Portugal. In 1963, he presented at the Oporto ...
Soler Machado, Andrea; Bregolin, Emanoela(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The goal of this article is to demonstrate that there is an aspect of poetics in Le Corbusier’s urbanism and that this
theme is maintained and you can see it being transformed through the theoretical models and its ...
Mindrup, Matthew(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] This paper explores Le Corbusier’s practice of collecting and studying everyday objects as inspiration for new
architectural ideas. An avid collector of ‘objets trouves’ that Le Corbusier referred to specifically as ...
Carrau Carbonell, Teresa(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The Heritage of the Modern Movement and its conservation is a current topic, not only from the theoretical point of
view but also from the practical, that is because the early twentieth century architecture has been ...
Martínez Duran, Anna(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The text reflects the life experience of Le Corbusier in his humble hut of Cap Martin, where he establishes its
particular pact with the nature, that finally becomes a pact with his life. The cottage was built in ...
Fonti, Alessandro(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] From a letter dated 1913 to W. Ritter in which he described the “erotic obsession” which had caused him to depict
the statue of the Sleeping Ariadne in the gardens of Versailles as a scantily-clad odalisque in the ...
Pianca, Guilherme(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] This article looks into Le Corbusier’s urban proposal for the City of São Paulo, as formulated during his journey to
South America in 1929. It highlights the relationship between Architecture and Landscape exposed ...
Mameli, Maddalena(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The definition of the Modulor as a set of measurements obtained through “universal” rules for composition of the
new architecture has a long and complex development, stemming from a combination of studies in architecture, ...
Ortiz dos Santos, Daniela(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] The paper draws attention to Le Corbusier's first trip to the American continent, with a particular focus on his
visions and expectations built before the corporeal dislocation to the New World in September 1929. ...
Colonnese, Fabio(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] At the very end of his travel to United States, Le Corbusier conceived and designed a modern villa that he lately
inserted in the third volume of his Oeuvre Complete with the title ‘Résidence du président d’un college ...
Mozzato, Alioscia(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] In light of the reflections developed by Le Corbusier through the “oeuvre plastique” and his intense relationship
with the city of Venice, the gondola became the paradigm of an "artistic creation" which, while having ...
Harris, Sebastian(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-03)
[EN] In contrast to Le Corbusier's later written accounts and the opinions critics have formed from these texts, this
article concentrates on the ideas and opinions Le Corbusier developed in-situ during his first visit ...