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“Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.”

BENETTON NURSERY, TREVISO (ITALY) 2007

A BOX OPEN TO THE SKY
We built a square box composed of nine smaller squares. The center square emerges to
bring light from the heights of the vestibule. The classrooms are arranged in the surrounding
squares.
This square structure is inscribed within a larger, circular enclosure made up of double
circular walls. Open to the sky, four courtyards are created that suggest the four elements:
air, earth, fire and water.
The space between the perimeter walls serves as a “secret” place for the children. The
courtyard spaces, tensed between the curved and the straight walls, are particularly
remarkable.
The central space, the highest and with light from above, recalls a hamman in the way it
gathers sunlight through nine perforations in the ceiling and three more on each of its four
façades.
The children have understood the building well, and a book has even been published of their
impressions. They are happy there.


SKETCH

PLAN

IMAGE

GUERRERO HOUSE, VEJER DE LA FRONTERA, CÁDIZ (SPAIN) 2005

To build a well-balanced house full of light and shade.

We built very tall, 8 meter high, walls around a
33 x 18 meter rectangle and covered the central strip, 9 x 18 meters. We raised the ceiling of the 9 x 9 central square to the same height as the 8 meter high outside walls. To fill this central space with shade, we opened it to the front and back, creating 3 meter deep porches that protect these openings from the sun, tempering the light. To either side, bedrooms and baths.

In the front courtyard, the entrance to the house, four orange trees mark the central and main axis,
flanked by low walls that hide service areas. In the back courtyard, another four orange trees are
similarly aligned. And at the end, carved into the ground, a trough like pond stretches from side to
side.

The house is the construction of a luminous shadow.

SKETCH

PLAN

MODEL

 

IMAGE

 

지난해 3월, 서울에서 열린 David Chipperfield의 전시회를 가서 처음으로 이 작품의 모형을 접하게 되었다.
여러 작품들의 모형들이 전시되어 있었지만 유독 이 작품에 대한 사진촬영만 제지를 당했었는데, 그 당시에는 아직 설계에 대한 것들이 노출되기 전이었기 때문이었던 것 같다. 당시 이미 사진을 찍은 후 되도록 촬영을 하지 말아달란 부탁(?)을 받았다는 핑계로 일단 찍어둔 사진은 가지고만 있었는데, 잡지에 실린 이 작품을 보고 오늘에서야 모형사진을 정리하여 기록에 남기게 되었다. 잡지에는 도면과 모델링 이미지만 있고 모형이미지는 따로 실리지 않아 모형이 주었던 또하나의 느낌이 사라진 듯 하여 아쉬운 맘이 들어서 모형사진을 함께 올려본다. 

 

Samuel Flora |Butterworth-Heinemann |2007.07.23
page 224|ISBN  9780750663540

CONTENTS
Introduction 1

1 Standardization and unity 15
1.1 Standardization 15
1.2 Standard materials 18
1.3 Standard structures 20
     1.3.1 Concrete frames 20
     1.3.2 Steel structures 24
     1.3.3 Vaulted roofs 28
1.4 Conclusion 33

2 Somatic detail 39
2.1 Anthropomorphism 41
2.2 Touch 44
     2.2.1 Walls and pilotis 45
     2.2.2 Door handles and handrails 47
     2.2.3 Furniture 59
     2.2.4 Floors 61
2.3 Colour 64
2.4 Space 64
2.5 Sound 65
2.6 Conclusion 66

3 Light and dark 73
3.1 Meaning 73
3.2 Windows 75
     3.2.1 Horizontal windows 76
     3.2.2 Glass walls (pan de verre) 78
     3.2.3 Brise soleil 79
     3.2.4 Ondulatoires 82
3.3 Rooflights 84
3.4 Reflection 89
3.5 Artificial lighting 91
3.6 Conclusion 96

4 Framing 101
4.1 Views 101
4.2 Objects 107
4.3 Space 116
4.4 Conclusion 122

5 Elements of the architectural promenade 127
5.1 Doors 130
5.2 Stairs and ramps 149
5.3 Conclusion 165

6 Rituals 169
6.1 Altars 170
6.2 Fire – the hearth 175
6.3 Water 181
6.4 Conclusion 192

7 Clouds 1959 195
7.1 Brazil 198
7.2 Geography lesson 199
7.3 Perspective 203
7.4 Interior urbanism 206

Conclusion 215

                                                                                              Select bibliography 219
                                                                                              Index 227

THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK TO GIVE SUCH CLOSE ATTENTION TO LE CORBUSIER'S APPROACH TO THE MAKING OF BUILDINGS. IT ILLUSTRATES THE WAYS IN WHICH LE CORBUSIER'S DETAILS WERE EXPRESSIVE OF HIS OVERALL PHILOSOPHICAL INTENTIONS. IT IS NOT A CONSTRUCTION BOOK IN THE USUAL SENSE- RATHER IT FOCUSSES ON THE MEANING OF DETAIL, ON THE WAYS IN WHICH DETAIL INFORMS THE OVERALL ARCHITECTURAL NARRATIVE OF A BUILDING. WELL ILLUSTRATED AND CONTAINING SEVERAL SPECIALLY PREPARED SCALED DRAWINGS IT ACTS AS TIMELY REMINDER TO BOTH STUDENTS AND ARCHITECTS OF THE POSSIBILITIES INHERENT IN THE MOST SMALL SCALE TECTONIC GESTURES.

1. THE FIRST BOOK TO BE DEVOTED TO LE CORBUSIER'S DETAILS HELPING TO FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DESIGNER'S WORK

2. COMBINES BOTH TECHNICAL DETAIL AND THEORETICAL TEXT TO GIVE A COMPLETE STUDY OF THE SUBJECT

3. BASED ON NEW RESEARCH ON LE CORBUSIER'S LIFE AND WORK, NEVER PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED

Structure of Pavillon Suisse (1933)

Altar rail at Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp (1955), FLC 07236

Handle of east door. Working drawing

Aerateur, La Tourette (1959), FLC 1011

Lamps, Unité, Marseilles, Michelet (1952), FLC 29271

Section through niche Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp (1955)
indicating extent of shadow over figure of Virgin

Drawing of gargoyle, Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp (1955), FLC 7201

Gargoyle, west façade of Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp (1955)