Lived-in architecture: Le Corbusier's Pessac revisited;

Boudon, Philippe; Onn, G. [Translator]

ISBN 10: 085331313X / ISBN 13: 9780853313137

Published by Lund Humphries, 1972

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Lund Humphries; London, 1972. Hardcover. First UK Edition. Text in English. A Very Good, grey binding with white lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, mild discoloration/sunning along board and spine edges, trace crimping to spine edges, bit of age toning to pages, mild spine lean, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, sunned flaps, some sunning to verso panels/flaps, Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 200pp., appendix, bibliography, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lived-in architecture: Le Corbusier's Pessac revisited
• Publisher: Lund Humphries
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085331313X
• ISBN 13: 9780853313137
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: First British Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

In the mid-1920s, at Pessac near Bordeaux, Le Corbusier built his first large-scale project, the Quartiers Modernes Fruges, which consisted of some 70 housing units. Acting simultaneously as architect and town planner, and taking account of the prevailing social and economic factors, he wished to provide people with low-cost, predetermined, homogeneous cubist structures—"machines to live in" or empty containers that their presence alone would activate and fulfill.

This book describes what happened as people moved in and proceeded to live their lives over, around, and against the architecture and the architect's designs for their behavior. It reviews the history of the project, describes reactions to it in the contemporary press ("Fascist," "Bolshevist"), and examines Le Corbusier's own conception of the project as revealed in various writings. A group discussion with several architects and a sociologist, and informal interview with Pessac residents discussing the parts of the house and the house as entity, their views of the project, and spatial and social relations in the district complete this historic account.

Language Notes

Text: English, French (translation)