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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Firminy, Rhône-Alpes, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1962-1965 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorLe Corbusieren_US
dc.creatorWogenscky, Andréen_US
dc.date1962-1965en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-29T19:28:12Z
dc.date.available2013-07-29T19:28:12Z
dc.date.issued1962-1965en_US
dc.identifier227926en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2398en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/135709
dc.descriptionDetail, east façade; The Unité d'Habitation (Housing Unit) is the name of a modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier, with the collaboration of painter-architect Nadir Afonso. The concept formed the basis of several housing developments designed by him throughout Europe with this name. The Unité at Firminy-Vert was built to the strict cost yardstick of HLM regulations and was one of several of his buildings in this coal-mining town near Lyon. He was commissioned by Eugène Claudius-Petit, who became mayor of Firminy in 1953, to design a central ‘agora’ including a sports stadium, cultural centre and church, as well as the Unité, which he organized as an ensemble around the bowl of an abandoned quarry. The cost constraints created changes from Le Corbusier’s ideal, but the Unité at Firminy was considered very successful. The 20-storey concrete structure resembles a giant Mondrian painting, with concrete balconies accented with planes of bright colors. A primary school, now closed, occupied the top floor. It was also planned to have integrated shops as well as the school. It was continued by André Wogenscky after Le Corbusier's death. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/12/2011)en_US
dc.format.mediumconcrete; glass; steelen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectHousingen_US
dc.subjectModernisten_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleUnité d'habitation de Firminy-Verten_US
dc.title.alternativeFirminy-Vert Housing Unitsen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-LC-FV-UH-B1en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeapartment houseen_US
vra.worktypehousing projecten_US
dc.contributor.displayAndré Wogenscky (French architect, 1916-2004); Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965)en_US


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