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| Describe the difference between Mies' and Corbu's column grids? |
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Mies kept a rigid grid
Le Corbusier manipulated grid w/ walls |
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| What was the elevational design advantage of the Domino system? What this the first realization of this advantage? |
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| Walls do not carry any weight; windows go right around house free elevation, cantilever columns so no vertical movement and no ROOT did it first |
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| Why did Le Corbusier use ramps in the interiors of his early houses? |
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| What was different between Perret's concrete frames and Le Corbusier's concrete frames? |
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Perret-old system
Corbu-new system |
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| List 2 influences on Corbusier's interest in the two-story living space: |
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parisian artists studio
parisian cafe |
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| A machine for Living In is a concept associated with the work of |
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| What 3 major architectural figures worked in Peter Behrens' office? |
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| List Corbusier's Five Points of a New Architecture |
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1. free plan
2. free facade
3. ribbon window
4 Pilotes
5 roof garden |
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| Le Corbusier first used the all-glass wall in what project? |
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| Le Corbusier used this term to describe the spatial sequence in his buildings |
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| Le Corbusier worked for what 2 major Euro figures in pre-WWI Europe which had a marked influence on his career |
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| The golden section as an ordering system was best represented in the work of what architect we studied this period |
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| _______ was the term Le Corbusier and Ozenfant chose for their painting style, which was a conscious rejection of much of what Cubism represented |
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| Le Corbusier's ideal of the "pure man-made object set in dramatic contrast to nature was probable something he picked up in what country? |
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| Towards and Architecture was written by |
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| The early work of Le Corbusier is known for its sensitive environmental response |
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| Le Corbusier made an abrupt swerve away from white purity of form when he designed which building? |
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| Le Corbusier's Five Points for a new architecture as evident in the Citrohan projects and the Villa Savoye besically derived from |
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| his domino system of concrete planes and columsn |
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