| Description |
143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
An Orientation Guide -- The Project's History -- History of the Construction Process History of a Neighbourhood -- The Lesson of Pessac |
| Summary |
In 1923/24, Henry Fruges - an industrialist from Bordeaux decided to commission Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret with a "small workers' housing estate" in Lege and a garden city in Pessac, comprising 130 to 150 houses and shops. The construction of these two housing schemes between 1924 and 1926 fitted neatly into the architects' research on the machine a habiter and standardisation. Lege and Pessac thus acted as a laboratory for gauging the public's opinion with regards to applying standardisation and mass-production techniques to housing estates. This quest for a standard plan also induced exploratory study on "a new plan for the city" and it is in this respect that Pessac stands unique among Le Corbusier's oeuvres |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Parallel text in English and French |
| Subject |
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation.
|
|
Quartiers modernes Frugès (Pessac, France)
|
|
Working class -- Dwellings -- France -- Pessac.
|
| SUBJECT |
Pessac (France) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86125786 -- Buildings, structures, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004820
|
| Author |
Ferrand, Marylène.
|
| LC no. |
98038698 |
| ISBN |
0817658084 paperback acid-free paper |
|
3764358084 paperback acid-free paper |
|
