Le Corbusier in Detail

Samuel, Flora

doi:10.4324/9780080550626

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“…The promenade architecturale signifies a purpose and rationality in built space, and is often designed as a ritualistic route that encounters transitional and pause spaces such as the "threshold, vestibule, space of inquiry, reorientation, and culmination." (Samuel, 2007) Promenade, like the Labyrinth, plays with the concept of secrecy, obscurity, and the unknown.…”

Section: Tracing the Ritual In The Promenadementioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial effects : narrative structure in architecture

Qadir¹

2021

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The potency of compelling narrative structures - or the story constructing sequence of space - has pushed architecture's boundaries into new frontiers through the development of representational technology such as cinema, a burgeoning art form that employs narrative typology as an underlying structure to frame the phenomena of space. In this design research thesis my intention is to investigate and elucidate the function and purpose of narrative in Architecture and Cinema and its development from symbolism to spatial formation. Thesis statement: The first stage of narrative from took flight from pictographic symbols and cartographic delineations to sculptural representations and reliefs. These timeless narratives encapsulated in monumental structures such as the Pyramids of Giza or the Greek Parthenon depict their civilizations' cultural dominance through this system of messaging. It can be argued that a number of such illustrations may reveal varying levels of codification or messaging through historical, cultural, or religious contexts. However, the present form of this system of messaging and symbolism has been considerably altered for the worse, becoming banal and superficial, and lacking depth and narrative content.

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Section: Tracing the Ritual In The Promenadementioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial effects : narrative structure in architecture

Qadir¹

2021

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“…3.). Thus, each of the residents had a possibility to ventilate the premises as well as a sufficient number of windows, allowing valuable daylight to enter and access to an invaluable view (Samuel F. 2007). Looking through huge windows, consisting of small glass panes set in dark, wooden frames, the landscape of mountains and the Mediterranean Sea stretched out before them.…”

Section: Le Corbusier's Visionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…3.). Tym samym każdy z mieszkańców miał zapewnioną możliwość przewietrzenia lokalu, jak i odpowiednią liczbę okien wpuszczających tak cenne światło dzienne, a także dostęp do nieocenionego widoku (Samuel F. 2007). Wyglądając przez ogromne okna, składające się z niewielkich szyb osadzonych w ciemnych, drewnianych ramach, rozpościerał się krajobraz gór i Morza Śródziemnego.…”

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In Search of an Ideal Place to Live, From the Philosophy of Feng Shui, Through the Visions of Le Corbusier and Unité D'habitation, to the Nightingale Model

Motylska¹,

Łódzkiej²

2020

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“…Concrete’s appeal is in part attributed to its initial form. While Le Corbusier considered concrete as a fixed material, meaning that its ‘character was predictable and unvarying’ (Le Corbusier, 1995, quoted in Samuel, 2007: 18), one cannot ignore concrete’s compelling formation as it changes from liquid to solid state. Concrete’s liquid malleability invites the promise of creativity; in its momentary fluid state, concrete has the potential to be manipulated to any shape (Onderdonk, 1928).…”

Section: When Matter Becomes Concretementioning

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“…Le Corbusier's fascination with concrete and the extent of his influence on design attest to how concrete enabled the expression of modern urban lifestyles as well as the reflection of art and abstraction (Minuchin, 2013;Samuel, 2007). Antonio Sant'Elia's 1914 designs of the Città Nuova (New City) contributed to the association of concrete with modernity and, as Picon points out, 'no material has been more closely associated with the origins and development of modern architecture than concrete' (Forty, 2012;Humphreys, 1999;Picon, 2006: 8).…”

Section: When Matter Becomes Concretementioning

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The politics of vibrant matter: Consistency, containment and the concrete of Mussolini’s bunker

Bartolini

2015

Journal of Material Culture

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This article explores the idea of how vibrancy can be produced. Specifically, the attempt is to investigate the multiplicities of vibrancy by considering one of Mussolini's bunkers. The author examines the location of the bunker in the EUR (Esposizione Universale Romana) neighbourhood in Rome, the bunker's materiality, and the context and social meaning of the bunker through a contemporary art exhibition called 'Confronti' (Confrontations) that took place in the bunker in 2009. The article argues that while emphasizing matter's inherent vibrancy may be useful in some cases, there is also merit in further unpacking the ways in which vibrancy is produced. In this example, the concrete bunker expresses vibrancy through the processes involved in the emergent material form, and in the sustained politics and social considerations embedded in valuing tangible urban heritage.

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Le Corbusier in Detail

Cited by 22 publications

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Spatial effects : narrative structure in architecture

Spatial effects : narrative structure in architecture

In Search of an Ideal Place to Live, From the Philosophy of Feng Shui, Through the Visions of Le Corbusier and Unité D'habitation, to the Nightingale Model

The politics of vibrant matter: Consistency, containment and the concrete of Mussolini’s bunker

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