2. Le Corbusier

1.The real name of Le Corbusier is Charles-Edouard Jeanneret. 


2.He is a Swiss architect, designer and painter. He has made a big contribution in architecture. He is also famous for his Modern Architecture or the International style. 


3. Le Corbusier was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in his thirties. 

Here is also a short 3-D demonstration video about Villa Savoye. I think it is really cool.

                                  


4. After designed Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier came up with the Five Point in Architecture. Which are  (1) the pilotis elevating the mass off the ground, (2) the free plan, achieved through the separation of the load-bearing columns from the walls subdividing the space, (3) the free facade, the corollary of the free plan in the vertical plane, (4) the long horizontal sliding window and finally (5) the roof garden, restoring, supposedly, the area of ground covered by the house.

5. Le Corbusier apply the "Vitruvian Man" in to the architecture. He found our the golden ration use it in his Modulor system for the scale of architectural proportion. 


6. Le Corbusier began by learning the art of metal engraving at first, then he was encouraged by a teacher to take up architecture. He built his first house at the age of 18 for a member of his school's teaching staff. 

7. This chair is designed by Le Corbusier during 1928. It was also called as "cushion basket", which he designed as a modernist response to the traditional club chair. These pieces reverse the standard structures of sofas and chairs by having frames that are externalized. 


8. Le Corbusier was awarded the Frank P. Brown Medal in 1961. 


9. Le Corbusier was died on August 27, 1965, a heart attack. He against his doctor's order and went for a swim in the Mediterranean Sea. His body was found by a bathers and he was pronounced dead at 11 a.m..


10. Le Corbusier began experimenting with furniture design in 1928 after inviting the architect, Charlotte Perriand, to join his studio.

Reference:
Five Point of Architecture, http://famusoa.net/achin/courses/le_corbusier/essay-tse-5.pdf


Design with reach, http://www.dwr.com/category/designers/h-l/le-corbusier.do


Youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ChtM71axgA&feature=fvw