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Sbriglio · Villas La Roche-Jeanneret

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Jacques Sbriglio

Le Corbusier: Les Villas La Roche-Jeanneret

Le Corbusier: The Villas La Roche-Jeanneret

Fondation Le Corbusier

Birkhäuser Verlag Basel · Boston · Berlin Birkhäuser · Basel

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Translation from French into English: Sarah Parsons

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA

Deutsche Bibliothek Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Le Corbusier: les villas La Roche-Jeanneret = Le Corbusier: the villas La Roche-Jeanneret / Fondation Le Corbusier. Jacques Sbriglio. [Transl. from French into Engl.: Sarah Parsons].- Basel ; Boston ; Berlin : Birkhäuser, 1997

ISBN 3-7643-5433-X (Basel…)

ISBN 0-8176-5433-X (Boston) A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA.

NE: Sbriglio, Jacques; Parsons, Sarah [Übers.]; Fondation Le Corbusier; Le Corbusier: the villas La Bibliographic information published by the German National Library Roche-Jeanneret The German National Library lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the Internet at http://dnb.dnb.de.

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© 1997 Birkhäuser – Verlag für Architektur, P.O.Box 133, CH-4010 Basel, Switzerland © 1997 Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, P.O. Box 44, 4009 Basel, Switzerland © 1997 Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris Part of De Gruyter

© 1997 Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris

Printed on acid-free paper produced from chlorine-free pulp. TCF ∞ Printed in Germany Printed on acid-free paper produced from chlorine-free pulp. TCF ∞ Printed in Germany

ISBN-10: 3-7643-5433-X

ISBN-13: 978-3-7643-5433-6 ISBN 978-3-7643-5433-6

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Foreword 6 Avant-propos 6

An Orientation Guide Parcours de Visite

· “Promenade Architecturale” 12 · Promenade architecturale 12 · The Site 26 · Situation 26 · The Facades 30 · Les façades 30 · The Entrance Hall 36 · Le hall d’entrée 36 · The Gallery 39 · La galerie 39 · The Library 40 · La bibliothèque 40 · The Apartment 40 · L’appartement 40

The Project's History Histoire d’un Projet

· Creating a Residential Area 48 · Construire une rue 48 · One, Three, Four...Two – · Un, trois, quatre... deux ou les the Metamorphoses of a Project 51 métamorphoses d’un projet 51 · Two Clients, Two Programmes, Two Houses 59 · Deux clients, deux programmes, · Villa La Roche 62 deux maisons 59 · Design of the Different Facades 66 · Villa La Roche 62 · Villa Raaf-Jeanneret 72 · De l’étude des différentes façades 66 · A Briskly-Conducted Construction Phase 78 · Villa Raaf-Jeanneret 72 · Furnishings and Fittings 86 · Un chantier rondement mené 78 · Completion of the Project and Handover · La question du mobilier et of the Keys 92 de l’aménagement 86 · Alterations and Maintenance 93 · Inauguration et livraison 92 · The La Roche Collection 97 · Modifications et maintenance 94 · Exhibiting the Paintings 100 · La collection La Roche 97 · Right of Entrance and the “Golden” · Accrochage, accrochages 100 Visitors Book 102 · Laissez-passer et livre d’or 102 · The Issue of Inheritance 103 · Où il est question d’héritage 103

The Lesson Behind the Villas La Leçon des Villas La Roche-Jeanneret La Roche-Jeanneret

· Towards a New Spatiality 108 · Vers une nouvelle spatialité 108 · A New Form of Architectural Expression 114 · Les éléments d’un nouveau langage 114 · The Polychrome 123 · De la polychromie 123 · A Colour Inventory 125 · Polychromie : état des lieux 125 · Regulating Lines and Architecture 128 · Tracés régulateurs et architecture 128

Assessment 132 Appréciation 132

Notes 134 Notes 134

Annexes 140 Annexes 140

Bibliography 143 Bibliographie 143

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