A small report on contribution of Le Corbusier

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CONTRIBUTION OF LE CORBUSIER FOLLOWING WORKS ARE THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTION OF LE CORBUSIER IN URBAN PLANNING:  CIAM  LA VILLE CONTEMPORAINE (CONCENTRIC CITY)

 PLAN VOISIN  LINEAR INDUSTRIAL CITY  LA VILLE RADIUSE (RADIANT CITY)  CHANDIGARH CIAM 1928 ( Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne )

 At the request of a rich patron of architects, Madame Hélène de Mandrot(1867–1948), in 1928, Sigfried Giedion organized a meeting of leading Modern architects including Berlage , Le Corbusier , El Lissitzky , Rietveld , and Stam.

 The organization was hugely influential. It was not only engaged in formalizing the architectural principles of the Modern Movement, but also saw architecture as an economic and political tool that could be used to improve the world through the design of buildings and through urban planning.

 It affirmed that town planning is the organizations of functions of collective life – this applies to both rural and urban settlements

 Four functions of any settlement    

Dwelling Work Recreation Transportation, which connects the first three with one another.

 Le Corbusier organized in CIAM, Assembly of Constructors for an Architectural Renewal (ASCORAL) which systematically studied the problems of construction, architecture and city planning. 1


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