Charles Édouard-

Jeanneret
Space and light and
order. Those are
things that men need
just as much as they
need bread or a
place to sleep.
LE CORBUSIER
BIOGRAPHY
1 Childhood
 BORN :6 October 1887,
La Chaux-de-
Fonds,Switzerland
1 PARENT: Georges
Edouard Jeanneret and
Marie Charlotte Amélie
Jeanneret-Perret
1
Froebel blocks
 Early Training and Work
2 in La-Chaux-de-Fonds
 Advanced Decorative Arts
Course at the Art School in
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds
2

Villa Fallet
 1908-1910

Auguste Perret
 1910-1911

Peter Behrens
2

Journey to the
East
2

Villa Jeanneret
2

”DOM-INO HOUSE “
2

VILLA SCHWOB
3 Purism, 1918-1920
3

AMEDEE OZENFANT
PURISM
◇ robust simplified forms
with minimal detail
◇ embracing technology
and the machine.
Annibal Simla (1951)
Nature morte verticale
Guitare verticale
2

L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU
 Establishing a
3 Modern Architecture,
1920-30
The Contemporary City for Three Million
Inhabitants, at the Autumn Salon
Vers une architecture
[Towards an Architecture].
International Congresses of
Modern Architecture
 The Return to Form, 1945-52
4
4

THE MODULOR
FAMOUS
WORKS
Notre Dame du Haut
Interior of Notre Dame du Haut
Notre Dame du Haut Floor Plan
Convent of La Tourette
Interior of Convent of La Tourette
Convent of La Tourette Floor Plan
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India, 1951
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India, 1951
Palace of Assembly Floor Plan
The Unite d’ Habitation in Marseille, France
Pavillon Le Corbusier