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Thank you for your purchase of this catalogue. We appreciate the support and we hope you thoroughly enjoy the Corbusier, Light Space Air exhibition here at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. This Exhibiton will focus on the work of the highly influential Architect from the 20th century, Le Corbusier and how Light, Space and Air became the main charachteristics of his designs, effectively influencing the aesthetics of Modern Architecture forever, thus creating a more comfortable environment to live in.
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light The role of light in Corbsuiers Architecture taking from three of his greatest achievements and how he became the master of light.
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SPACE Focusing on the elements that provided a natural flow of space and how it became a key charachteristic of Corbusier’s work.
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AIR The formalities that gave more acces to air such as the pilotis’s and the flat roofs created by Corbusier.
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La Corbusier not only considered the critical efficient needs of living, but had concern for human problems which he approached by joining architecture with moral values of cleanliness and clear thinking through with freedom for individual self-expression. Corbusier managed to establish architecture as an art and adopted a geometric style and implemented a relationship with nature whilst maintaining form and function. He brought the outside in through his three key charachteristics light, space and air.
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One of the great visionaries and pioneers of modern architecture, Le Corbusier was a master of light, declaring it both a fundamental basis of architecture and the key to personal well-being. Le Corbusier’s inspirational use of natural light can be seen in three of his greatest achievements: the small pilgrimage chapel at Ronchamp, the Dominican monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette, and the parish church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy-Vert.
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For his three sacred buildings, Le Corbusier has played masterfully with orientation, openings and textures to create kinetic architecture with daylight. His pilgrimage chapel at Ronchamp, the monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette, and the parish church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy reveal distinctive and individual approaches that each render contemplative spaces with light. As an artist as well as an architect, Le Corbusier expressed an exceptional sensitivity for the interaction of colours and light in his sacred buildings. His position as an outspoken agnostic seems very ambivalent in combination with his desire to open the soul to poetic realms.
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The main characteristic of the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp (1950-55) comes from the continuous circle of solar events. The dawning sun illuminates the alcove of the side chapel and turns the red-painted void even redder. This reddish morning light is a clear analogy to human birth. Later, sun floods the tall slot between the east and south walls, continuous with the rays of light through the deep cavities of the south wall. The small horizontal crack of ten centimetres lifts the roof from the wall and creates a harsh contrast to the glow of the vertical brise-soleil at the southeast corner. The cycle culminates finally in a warm glow from an opening in another side chapel at sunset. Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp. Red - Painted void illuminated by light.
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The most striking part of Ronchamp is the curved roof that peels up towards the heavens. The curving roof appears to float above the building as it is supported by embedded columns in the walls, which creates a 10 cm gap between the roof and the walls, which allow for a sliver of clerestory light. One of the most interesting aspects is the sporadic window placement on the walls. Corbusier implemented small puncturing apertures on the faรงade that amplified the light within the chapel by tapering the window well in the wall cavity. Each wall becomes illuminated by these differing window frames, which in conjunction with the stark white washed walls gives the walls luminous qualities punctuated by a more intense direct light. Chapel at Ronchamp/ Notre Dame du Haut. Le Corbuser.
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Weissenhof Settlement, Stuttgart, Germany (1927)
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Le Corbusier’s interest in visual and spatial concepts for his architecture is, of course, well known and it is not proposed to represent those claims further. What will be given particular attention is the manner in which vision and space are tied up, in particular ways to be demonstrated as a mechanism of movement toward the infinity considering the architect’s conception of the horizon.
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It is profoundly accepted that Le Corbusier treated the inhabitants of his houses as visitors. These visitors are meant to unfold or discover new experiences in their movement. And in this mechanism of viewing visitors are meant to be kept ignorant of what is going to happen or to be seen in the next moment. For example, about Villa Savoye he writes in Precisions ‘ The visitors, till now, turn round and round inside, asking themselves what is happening, understanding with difficulty the reasons for what they see and feel; they don’t find anything of what is called a "house" They feel themselves within something entirely new.
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Showing the influences of the order and regulation of classical architecture, Le Corbusier called for the substitution of supporting walls by a grid of reinforced concrete load-bearing columns, called pilotis, offering increased open space. Villa Savoye at Poissey
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By removing the constraints of internal supporting walls, the functioning of the interior is left open and unrestrained in its usage. The natural flow of space was a key characteristic of modern architecture, which assumed that the best design does not divide space entirely. The separation of the exterior of the building from its structural function allows for the freeing up of the facade as a consequence of concrete frame construction. Since the walls were then divested of their constructional role, their design became free as well offering more space.
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A great examle the emodies Corbusier’s use of space is House Meijer by Van der Jeugd Architecten in the Netherlands .With minimum visual and spatial separation, the interior of this home reflects the language of free flowing open space articulated by Le Corbusier. The design of House Meijer seeks to improve the residents’ quality of life, as its unrestrictive ground plan optimizes the experiences of light and space.
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The design of the ground floor is such that a series of area’s were created with its own character, spatially and visually in contact with other area’s: intimacies with a minimum of visual and spatial separation. Much care was taken to the staircases and outdoor spaces. Daylight openings are strategically positioned in the house, optimizing the experience of light and space. Meyer House is more than one dwelling. It is a modest but extremely life-proof living machine, increases the quality of the site and particularizes a sense of space.
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Famously, Corbusier formulated a philosophy that dictated a new solution to the design of architecture. The elements provided by the development of this new design innovation created uninterrupted openings in building facades while allowing increased access to vast amount of light, air and space, effectively creating a more comfortable environment to live in.
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During the 1920s, Le Corbusier designed a series of houses which allowed him to develop his ideas further. By 1926, he had devised his Five Points of Architecture, which he viewed as a universal system that could be applied to any architectural site. The system demanded pilotis (slender columns) to raise the building off the ground and allow air to circulate beneath. The houses at Weissenhof estate, Stuttgart design by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1927, is one of the earliest built manifestations of the Five Points of a New Architecture. Located on the outskirts of Stuttgart, the attached dwellings were part of the WeissenhofSiedlung (Weissenhof Estate), an experimental housing development and exposition of Modern architecture. Weissenhof Settlement, Stuttgart, Germany (1927)
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In Marseilles, overlooking a tree-lined boulevard to the east and the Mediterranean Sea to the west is the Unité d’Habitation, a social housing block completed in 1952 in response to France’s housing shortage after the Second World War. Nothing on such a scale had ever been attempted before. It could house over six thousand occupants – a small town. It has been called a masterpiece, a model for tower blocks around the world, a present-day Utopia, a “vertical garden city.” The Unité is to Le Corbusier what St Paul’s Cathedral is to Wren.
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One of Corbusiers main feature the Pilotis’s help elevate a building, giving the appearance of the structure floating above the ground. This same effect is achieved in ships. The hull of most ships is painted black whilst the middle and upper decks are painted white, creating a similar illusion that the bulk of the ship is not touching the water, but lightly hovering over the ocean waves. A Flat Roof for a garden, terrace, or solarium, is a place to breathe in the air and enjoy the sunshine. Like the deck of a ship, it is the hub of social activity, entertainment, and enjoyment allowing total access to air.
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One of the best contemporary examples that embody air is the Willow House in Singapore.Willow House takes advantage of its hilltop location through the incorporation of an open building plan that allows for maximized light, air, and space. In a reflection of The Five Points of a New Architecture, the home features the structural pillared support of pilotis, raising the building off the ground and freeing up the space below. A flat roof brings nature into the home, with a rooftop garden that offsets the constrictions of the densely populated urban environment of Singapore.
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Built in Singapore, the Willow House is an open and airy home designed to invite as much of the outdoors inside. Created by Guz Architects, the home rests atop a small hill and was built to capture as much of Singapore’s seldom wind and cross breeze as possible. To do this, the architects left the floor plan largely open and made sure to orient the house for the best exposure to the elements. Not only is nature being allowed inside, it is a large part of the building’s aesthetics. On top of the cantilevered roof is a simple grass lawn that features an open skylight surrounded with cascading foliage offering fresh air.
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Rooftop of Unite d’Habitation. Marseille, France
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Villa Savoye. Poissey, France
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