Le Corbusier effect | FULL DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2023
- Born in Firminy in 1963 at the heart of the largest ensemble designed by Le Corbusier in Europe, Gilles Coudert spent part of his adolescence frequenting the sports complex, the swimming pool, the Maison de la Culture, the housing units and the church that make up this unique architectural ensemble.
The use of these spaces and buildings of surprising forms brought to life by Le Corbusier enabled him to apprehend the notions of architecture, urbanism and design, ignited his awareness of shape, material, color, and provoked in him an aesthetic and functional questioning that most likely prompted him to later integrate the Saint-Etienne School of Fine Arts.
Many contemporary creators, artists, architects, choreographers, filmmakers, designers, composers also refer to the works, the methodology or the figure of the architect in a rapport alternately aesthetic and political, laudatory or critical, which testifies of a renewed interest if not a fascination for the Modern Movement through the most iconic of its representatives.
Gilles Coudert has obtained the testimonies of these creators, questioned their personal relationship with Le Corbusier, and especially the manner in which they reinterpret this relationship in their respective fields, to create a work. In order to verify why a renewed interest in architecture and the architect's thought seem more relevant than ever, Gilles Coudert also interrogates the architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen, as well as meeting residents and users that claim an influence in their own way, a filiation or a critical position vis-à-vis the architect, his work and his spirit.
The architectural works of Le Corbusier are classified as UNESCO World Heritage since July 2016.
Documentary: Corbusier Effect
Directed by: Gilles Coudert
Production: France Télévisions, MONA LISA Production, APRES Production.
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As a person who is coming from ex-soviet country, where ideas of Le Corbusier were a reality, I can tell you that I was living in a utterly ugly place with no emotion, no hope, no life. His ideas should be a prime example of failed vision and one man’s unchecked pride. These people who still consider him a great architect are either delusional or disconnected from reality.
Was the emotional experience because of the architecture , or did the architecture allow the changes in thought process to event ? Similar to cold therapy in psychology , does simplfication of our envioronment allow us to resolve inner turmoil ? A brief memory , when placed into a mental hospital by the Childrens father and the local police , the room they put me in had no window , and a strange clock face with no hands on it . I kid you not . As the people would be brought in , I would talk with them , and I felt that we were more of a gathering of sensitive souls , getting them off the street for what was going to be a rough weekend , as it was full super moon - However this experience of no window no clock hand , was kind of funny , The clock face was literally 24 inches diameter , it was large , obvious and purposeful . In a way , I feel that the work of Le Corbusier is likewise , removing the curtain from the green room ( in the wizard of oz ) revealing the inner workings of the story - A fashion that emerged in clock making , actually , where the gearing was revealed as a statement of beauty .
I often feel that this movement , like Bauhaus - was a way to see and feel deeply , into time , to ERASE the reasoning that had brought Europe into a time of horrific warfare experiences . Removal of the artifice , no difference than the emergence of pink spandex disco pants , replacing the long Annie Hall skirts of the early 1970's -- Horrible and refreshing at the same time .
I do respect your comment and know that it is heart felt , as is mine .
PS , below was written first , now this : Once I was IN Marseilles , there was an old fashioned carousel , going around and around . There was a man with silver paint on the body , standing still . You know those mimes that don't move , and it is really quite fascinating . Both of these public art happenings were illustrating elements of time -- the energy , and the stillness . I know that the work of Le Corbusier , son of a clock maker , had the essence of time running in his veins -- there is a watchmaker building in Switzerland , its a cube on its side , like sinking into the earth , at an angle, then the offices are , you know , level , so people can walk -- this is just fun and games , but ultimately , the message keeps changing as our culture changes . Perhaps the fuck you that it was created with , lets say Tant Pis or the flick of the finger to tweak away a bug or some dust , when asked " but what about the rain leaking through the roof ? " -- this attitude now is gone , and replaced with a poetic depth of message , which is that the earth brought forth , and the earth will re take hers . I feel that the message is actually a lot more profound now than when the art was being created . As an artist , we are driven to create , and many times , the message is unknown to even us . The rationale of the unconscious artist is perhaps MORE likely to be replicated over and over in the artists work , without deviation , and thus allow the AI of visual or sonic language to be influenced for all of humanity . I think that your comment , about the style being utterly ugly , is absolutely honest and true , and wonderful for me to contemplate , because we ARE walking in the valley of the shadow of death . The sinking building , with the people working in the upper triangle of light and air , like a slow motion sinking Titanic and the band playing one more song -- was a horrible and ugly image to me . Yet - a point of truth . Now , my question to me and perhaps to yourself is -- WHAT MAKES IT BE NOT UGLY < what makes it become lifted up -- There is a movie I want to suggest to you to watch , I have to look it up , I will comment again , one more time only I promise ! I am kicking the bucket here !
Ok , this is my third message , read from bottom post to top - The movie is : Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe , filmed brilliantely by Hiroshi Teshigahara . If you watch this movie , your emotional experience of dealing with Le Corbusier Architecture will be matched by an alternate reality and you will be able to better contemplate your life experiences that you had , and that you want to have .
People always have a lot of questions for former Soviet citizens.
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Le Corbusier pensou que seria possível escala real , mas se perdeu na Maquete.
The english translation of your comment is " Le Corbusier thought that a real scale would be possible , but he got lost in the Model - the definition of maquette being :A maquette is used to visualize and test forms and ideas without incurring the expense and effort of producing a full-scale piece. - I would love it if you would expand on your thought , as the idea of proportion is very interesting to me , and my interest would be , do you feel that the smallness of the maquette , meant that the proportion of line to human being , was a bit off in translation ? Or was it another area of disconnect ? What do you feel disconnected the two . Does Tadeo Ando get it better than Le Corbusier > Or perhaps is the culture that is surrounding what tripped Corbusier up , and is better matched inside of Ando's work ?
@@jenniferarnold-delgado3489 , Bom que entendestes que eu quis escrever em Português, pois melhor que aprendam este idioma Importante. Felicidades.