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CORBUSIER
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
05/19/2009

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Describe the difference between Mies' and Corbu's column grids?

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What was the elevational design advantage of the Dom-ino system? Was this the first realization of this advantage?

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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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List two influences on Corbusier's interest in the two-story living space:

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"A machine for living in" is a concept associated with the work of 
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What three 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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Le Corbusier first used the all-glass wall in what project? 
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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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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 probably something he picked up in what country? 

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Towards an Architecture was written by 
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The early work of Le Corbusier is known for its sensitive environmental response: True or False.

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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, basically derived from 

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Sketch the car approach to the ground floor of the Villa Savoye.

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Draw Le Corbusier's four compositions and name the building which each is an example.

 

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