Episodes from Le Corbusier's Architectural Technologies (Fragments)
Abstract
Episodes from Le Corbusiers Architectural Technologies (Fragments)
Le Corbusier claimed late into his life that architecture was founded upon technology, and that a deep understanding of technology in architecture was a key to human happiness. After having spent several months living in the apartment that he shared with his wife Yvonne and their dog Paintbrush, I began to see how his desire for a life of inspired work within and with tools of his own making had been shaped by the humanity of his personal life and that of Yvonnes. Le Corbusier famously claimed that architecture should be thought from the inside out, like the way he imagined all biology developed. In my study of his use and misuse of technology as a founding element of architecture, I attempt to read his work in the same way: from within to without from life to artefact. These texts are a running commentary of this process, published periodically at tmq.info.
Le Corbusier claimed late into his life that architecture was founded upon technology, and that a deep understanding of technology in architecture was a key to human happiness. After having spent several months living in the apartment that he shared with his wife Yvonne and their dog Paintbrush, I began to see how his desire for a life of inspired work within and with tools of his own making had been shaped by the humanity of his personal life and that of Yvonnes. Le Corbusier famously claimed that architecture should be thought from the inside out, like the way he imagined all biology developed. In my study of his use and misuse of technology as a founding element of architecture, I attempt to read his work in the same way: from within to without from life to artefact. These texts are a running commentary of this process, published periodically at tmq.info.
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