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1. Describe the difference between Mies' and Corbusier's column grids? |
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Mies kept rigid grid, Le Corbusier manipulated grid with walls |
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7. What was the elevational design advantage of the Dom-ino system? Was this the first realization of this advantage? |
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The walls do not carry any weight; windows go right around the house, free elevation, cantilever columns so no vertical element |
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9. Why did Le Corbusier use ramps in the interiors of his early houses? |
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14. What was different between Perret's concrete frames and Le Corbusier's concrete frames? |
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Perret used old system, Le Corbusier used new system |
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7. What was the elevational design advantage of the Dom-ino system? Was this the first realization of this advantage? |
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freed the wall from any structural function, thus it could be located anywhere |
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3-4 List two influences on Corbusier's interest in the two story living space: |
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a. Parisian artist's studio
b. Parisian cafe |
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24. "A machine for living in" is a concept associated with the work of _____________ |
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37. What three major architectural figures worked in Peter Behrens' office? |
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a. Le Corbusier
b. Gropius
c. Mies |
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33-5 List Corbusier's Five Points of a New Architecture |
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a. Free plan
b. Free facade
c. Ribbon window
d. Pilotes
e. Roof garden |
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2. Le Corbusier first used the all-glass wall in what project? |
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33-2 Le Corbusier used this term to describe the spatial sequence in his buildings: |
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1-4 Le Corbusier worked for what two major European figures in pre-WWI Europe which had a marked influence on his career: |
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11. The golden section as an ordering system was best represented in the work of what architect we studied this period? |
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8-2 __________ 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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21-2 Le Corbusier's ideal of the "pure man-made object set in dramatic contrast to nature" was probably something he picked up in what country? |
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2. Towards an Architecture was written by ___________ |
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47. The early work of Le Corbusier is known for its sensitive environmental response: True or False |
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4-2 Le Corbusier made an abrupt swerve away from white purity of form when he designed which building? |
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33. Le Corbusier's "Five Points" for a new architecture as evident in the "Citrohan" projects and the Villa Savoye, basically derived from _______________________ |
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his Dom-ino system of concrete plates and columns |
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39. Sketch the car approach to the ground floor of the Villa Savoye. |
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1 Draw Le Corbusier's four compositions and name the building which each is an example. |
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