PART TWO : LE CORBUISER( 1887 - 1965 )
the DOM - INO SYSTEM = implicated that it was possible to think about walls in a completely different way-highlighting structural independence.
- walls and its components could reflect functions much more= form follows function
- movement functions as order = distinction between movement through space together with structure and enclosure.\
features of dom-ino system:
structure = demands of gravity and the laws of statics
enclosure = determined by activity and nature of spatial definition.
movement = distint activity type, movement is a structure.
1921 Le Corbusier was described as:
1. columns raised the building
2. roof garden
3. free- plan
4. long window
5. free facade
- these features resulted in freedom gained by separating out the movement, structural and encloseing functions of a building.
- attempt to find an easthetic language= used primary forms and colours, which considered to be fundamental components of form
- geometry should be an underlying discipline in art and a means by which order and clarity could be preserved.
new orders that emerged as a result of Le Corbusier's work:
logic - buildings = product of spatial and formal logic
function - buildings = work organisationally
- structure
- enclosure
-movement
geometry
- several architects successfully demonstrated the significance of technology in ordering space and this ultimately led to the development of an aesthitic based on technology.
- later = replaced the white machine aesthetic and reflected a move towards an easthetic that was much more direct and accessible, less abstract and moe viable in terms of construction.
