Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret - Restoration of the Clarté Building, Geneva / / ed. by Office du patrimoine et des sites.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Chambrier, Jacques-Louis de,; Courtiau, Catherine,; Duport, Jean-Pierre,; Nemec-Piguet, Sabine,; Rüegg, Arthur,; Savoyat, Marielle,; Zumthor, Bernard,
• HerausgeberIn: Office du patrimoine et des sites, ,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

Le Corbusiers erste "Wohnmaschine" saniert

The book describes the story of Clarté, Le Corbusier’s first apartment building, continuing the narrative into the 21st century. The steel skeleton building completed in Geneva in 1930/1932 is a prototype of the Moderne style and a precursor of the Unité d’Habitation. The building was neglected for many decades and not listed as a historic building until the 1990s. In 2007 the external envelope was repaired as the first step, followed by refurbishment of the interior, in which building preservation requirements were taken into account in an exemplary manner. The building log book by the architects and structural engineers is illustrated with numerous new and historic drawings and photographs, and has been supplemented with an account of the building’s history. The renovated building is presented in large photographs.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Clarte Building Reflections on The Historical Context -- The historical context of the Clarté site – Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret -- “A milestone of modern architecture …“ The Clarté building in the creations of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret -- The Restoration in Question -- Lessons of a rehabilitation -- The restoration of the Clarté building, an introduction -- Building Plans Historical Plans Restoration Plans -- Plan of the footings and of the ground slab, by the engineer Robert Maillart, 18 March 1931, modified on 30 April, and again on 30 June 1931 -- Foundation cross-sections, by the engineer Robert Maillart, 18 March 1931, modified on 30 April, and again on 30 June 1931 -- Plan of the first and third storeys (actual second and fourth storeys), dated 22 October 1931, plan kept at the gta of EPFZ -- Plan of the first and third storeys (actual second and fourth storeys), modified 18 December 1931, plan kept at the gta of EPFZ -- Plan of the second and fourth storeys (actual third and fifth storeys), final revision of 24 August 1931, plan kept at the gta of EPFZ -- Plan – 1932 detail ground floor and basement scale 1:300 -- Plan – state 2014 ground floor and basement scale 1:300 -- Roof terrace scale 1:300 -- West facade scale 1:300 -- Transverse section scale 1:300 -- North facade scale 1:300 -- South facade scale 1:300 -- The Restoration of 2007 - 2011 at The Heart of The Works -- Introduction -- The site installation -- The roof -- The balconies -- The metal facades and windows -- The roller blinds and their enclosures -- Masonry and reinforced concrete -- Travertine cladding -- The glass bricks -- The technical services -- The communal areas -- Colours -- Anexes -- Chronology -- Regulations for co-owners 2008 -- Excerpts from the Inventory undertaken by the firm of architects Laurent Chenu -- Principles for conservation of interior areas – rules of intervention for the owner’s attention -- Construction of 1931–1932 -- Restoration project of 2007–2011 -- Biographical notes -- Select bibliography and sources -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Credits