Le corbusier

The Cabanon is a fully equipped apartment of 6.89 m² including two infrared saunas and a whirlpool bath. It is organized into four spaces, extravagantly different in materials and heights: a 3 m-high living room, a 1.14 m-high bedroom with plenty of storage, a toilet with a rain-shower, and a spa. The spa is the most enclosed space of the Cabanon: the room within a room. The Cabanon is probably the smallest apartment in the world; certainly the smallest with a spa. Ossip Architectuur Fotografie The Cabanon is the conversion of an existing attic used for storage into a living space. It is located on the top floor of a 1950’s residential building in the centre of Rotterdam. Its inside dimensions are H: 3 m, W: 1,97 m, L: 3,6... More

In the modern home, colour harmonies which are definitely architectural and yet suited to the natural taste and needs.    Besides a well-known architect, Le Corbusier is also a chromatist. He emphasized many times that colors played an important role in space. Based on his masterpiece Architectural Polychromy, he summarized two colour collections in 1931 and 1959, with 63 colors arranged in different spatial moods. In the article “Purism” he co-authored with Amédée Ozenfant in 1920, he mentioned that shades could be arranged hierarchically and defined the first range of colors as “la grande gamme”, which consists of hues such as ochre, red, brown, white, black, blue, etc. and of course their... More

Michael K. Chen Architecture designs Pied-à-Mer, an Apartment at SeaMichael K. Chen Architecture (MKCA) has completed the interior architecture and design of a 600-square-foot luxury apartment aboard the largest residential yacht on the globe. Drawing on Le Corbusier’s interest in streamlined, mid-20th century steamship design and MKCA’s own expertise in creating compact, multifunctional spaces in contemporary urban environments, the apartment is simultaneously adaptable, efficient, and strikingly elegant.   Playfully dubbed by MKCA as a pied-à-mer, the residence serves as a holiday home for a couple and their grown children, transforming seamlessly from a spacious one-bedroom to a two-bedroom apartment thro... More

The intent of this boutique apartment building in South Yarra is to redefine the genre by taking inspiration from Le Corbusier’s 1954 chapel Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, for its combination of organic mass, distinctive form and diversity of space. The resulting Fawkner building has a sense of openness – the quality of an embrace – in its engagement with the streetscape. The journey to the apartments is a sequential passage through a landscaped garden arbour to a double height sculptural foyer of glass, stone and stucco. Inside the apartments, the treatment of the walls echoes the external circular motif, as intersections are curved and softened. This promises to be a notable building for the prestigious Melbourn... More

This project involved the refurbishment and redecoration of a prestigious private apartment in Brisbane, Australia. Located within an iconic Harry Seidler building, the refresh sought to extend and evolve the fluid form and function embedded in the architecture with a focus on art as an integrated expression of ingenuity. The client brief was to reimagine the apartment into a luxurious and impressive residence with a light and welcoming atmosphere within a moderate budget and timeframe. Laden with generic black and red furniture on a stark palette of finishes, the initial space felt cold and abrupt. There was no cohesion between the look, feel and function of the interior, which dramatically degraded the impact of the architecture. Whilst a... More

This full refurbishment, located within an early Merchant Builder’s development, comprised a new kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, robes, study and overall space planning. All surfaces but the fantastic timber ceiling were updated. Here, our design intent was decisive from the get-go: try to be as sympathetic to the initial design (what’s not to love about the 70s!), while updating the space for current, and future, needs. We introduced earthy textures via a range of new materials; the existing, lush greenery outdoors was embraced, so aspects encouraging further interaction between interior and exterior set a precedent; and the existing carpet was pulled up to expose concrete which was then polished throughout.   Key... More

Since its creation in the middle of the 19th century there has not been only one Filature de Ronchamp, but several form of it, that have followed one another in response of adaptations made necessary by technical developments. La Filature de Ronchamp is today a versatile site, frequented and generating links. The industrial enclave of La Filature was intended by the community of the municipalities of RAHIN and CHÉRIMONT as an opportunity to develop business service activities and new services for people, such as sport, culture, leisure and tourism.The site development project made it possible to think of this wasteland as a space of innovation, a territory of the future, by capturing the specific features of the heritage of the... More

Location – The project is located in Chandigarh.  Chandigarh is a city designed by le Corbusier located 250km North of Delhi. The city was the first major master planning endeavor in independent India and is a symbol of modernism for the country.   Site: The site is located in sector 27, which is a part of the first phase of the city. This part of the city often referred to as Corbusian Chandigarh embodies the principles of CIAM of living, working, care of body & spirit and circulation. The site is a corner plot located on the internal sector road (V4 & V5). The site had zoning regulations with a setback on all 4 sides. Site Area – 1000 sq. yards      F.A.R –1.25   BRIEF... More

The residence was a completely new build that the client had purchased off the plan located in a leafy suburb on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia approximately 12km from the CBD. Studio Martin were engaged to design the interiors and enhance the spatial experience.   Their brief was to create a soft, calm space with clean lines that offered a sense of sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of the every day.   Working within the Architects framework our approach to the project was to create a minimal and paired back interior to emphasise a sense of calm. The intent was to use few materials that were natural and solid to create warmth. This idea was carried throughout the home forming a cohesive journey.    &n... More

The Pavillon Le Corbusier kicks off its new season on 9 June 2020. Le Corbusier’s last building is a vibrantly colored architectural masterwork that is open to the public as a museum. This year’s exhibition, Le Corbusier and Zurich, looks at the iconic Swiss architect’s relations with the city of Zurich.   The second exhibition mounted by the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (“Museum of Design Zurich”) at the Pavillon Le Corbusier focuses on the connections between the world-famous architect and the city of Zurich. Le Corbusier remarked in 1927 that he found Zurich to be an “inviting, lively, agreeable, and friendly city.” His exchanges with Zurich were not always untroubled, and yet a... More

250 sqm house in the Navigli district in MilanSynthetic description The house is inside a residential complex consisting of independent villas, It is on 3 levels and the laundry and garage are located in the basement, with independent access. Entrance with flight of stairs on the ground floor First floor living area with kitchen, one bedroom and one bathroom and terrace Second floor attic 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms Basement laundry room and technical room, car garage   SECOND FLOORFew punctual interventionsCustom furniture to optimize the rooms. Privileged white color and essential lines in contrast with modern or ethnic furnishings.   STAIRWELL Interventions on the stairwell: partial demolition of the wall from first to... More

House Etch is a private home for a professional couple with children located in the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago.  The couple was drawn to the mid-century modern aesthetic of Latin American architecture where ornament made way for interest in volumes and planes and exterior materials were expressed and celebrated. Drawing on the visionary work of that time from architects such as Niemeyer, Villanueva and Le Corbusier, the owners looked to explore those past innovative forms and materials with a fresh interpretation.   In response to their vision and the materials used in early Latin American modern architecture, the exterior was comprised of two materials to ensure a strong composition; board formed concrete and stained ceda... More

Acquired by a young couple with two children, the house is located along the Lake Geneva in Switzerland, in the small village of Corseaux. During the same decade of Le Corbusier’s “VillaLe Lac”, the dwelling shows an architectural style that differs from the neighbourhood, halfway between the typical Swiss chalet and the halftimbered house. Nevertheless, it is listed, like the entire district in the inventory of Protected Swiss Sites. The intervention respects several criteria, particularly on sensitive subjects such as the addition of new skylights and the replacement of all the windows. After discussion with the section of monuments and sites, the dormers are precisely proportioned and the windows carefully chosen to enh... More