Le Corbusier's Practical Aesthetic of the City

Le Corbusier's Practical Aesthetic of the City

The treatise 'La Construction des villes' of 1910/11

Schnoor, Christoph

Taylor & Francis Ltd

01/2023

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Discovering the aesthetics of the city
Essay

Chapter 1: Jeanneret's reading and work on the Manuscript

The task: a study of urban design

Taking stock of the material

The work in its latest form: Jeanneret's final table of contents

To Munich

Mid-April 1910: Approaching the material

An attempt to date Cahier City II Bridges

Jeanneret studies Sitte's Staedtebau

Gathering material in Munich's libraries

The urban design exhibition in Berlin

What would be the scope of the study?

Some bibliographical details

La Chaux-de-Fonds: Editing the Manuscript

One final month in Munich: Green space in the city

Cemeteries and garden cities

At Behrens' studio: No time for urban design

Spring 1911: Big plans and a Laugier excerpt

Chapter 2: The material in detail

Proposition and General Considerations

Proposition - the collective and the universal genius

General Considerations - the situation of urban design circa 1900

Les Elements constitutifs de la ville - The Elements of the City

Introduction

Des Chesaux - On Blocks

Des Rues - On Streets

Des Places - On Squares

On Squares in Cahiers C.7 and C.8

Murs de cloture - On Enclosing Walls

The unfinished chapters: Green elements in the city

Des Ponts - On Bridges

Des Arbres - Trees as sculptural elements in the city

Des Jardins et Parcs - On Gardens and parks

Des Cimetieres - The architectural possibilities of cemeteries

Des Cites-jardins - On Garden cities

Des moyens possibles - On Possible Strategies

Application Critique - La Chaux-de-Fonds: A case study

Chapter 3: 1911 to 1925 - Towards urbanism

The Laugier excerpt as a turning point

Why was La Construction des villes not published?

Urban aesthetics versus the Voyage d'Orient

France ou Allemagne? Reasons against publication

La Construction des villes and Urbanisme

Camouflage

Curved or straight streets revisited

The residential block

Public spaces in the city

Chapter 4: Conclusion

The malerisch versus the monumental

Urban space

Beaute and utilite

The architectural garden and the garden city

A somewhat stupid book, "un livre un peu idiot"?

La Construction des villes: The manuscript

Legend

Part I, Chap. I General Considerations

?1 Purpose of this study

?2 General Principles

?3 The present state of the debate

?4 A fundamental present-day error

Part I, Chap. II The Elements of the City

?1 Introduction

?2 On Blocks

?3 On Streets

?4 On Squares, I

?4 On Squares, II

?5 On Enclosing Walls

?6 Material for On Bridges

?7 Material for On Trees

?8 Material for On Gardens and Parks

?9 Material for On Cemeteries

?10 Material for On Garden Cities

Part I, Chap. III On Possible Strategies

Part II Critical Application: La Chaux-de-Fonds

Appendix: Material for Critical Application, II

Materials: Notebooks

Notebook C.2 - City II Bridges

Cahier C.3 - Cities III (Materials for Blocks, Streets and Squares)

Cahier C.11 - City J Theodor Fischer (Berlin, October 1910)

Cahier C.12 - Roland Freart (Berlin, October 1910)

Cahier C.13 - Laugier (Berlin, January to March 1911)

Inventory

Tables of contents, overviews

Overview table of contents for 'On Squares'

Illustrations

Bibliographic Notes

Cahiers: Title Pages

Bibliography

List of illustrations
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La Chaux De Fonds;Le Corbusier's intellectual influences;Hump Backs;Bibliographic notes;Home Towns;Aesthetic urban design;Town Hall;Le Corbusier;Camillo Sitte;Place Des Victoires;Urban Design;Ville Contemporaine;Place Des Vosges;Karl Henrici;Piazza Della Signoria;Vers Une Architecture;Superb;Curved Streets;City Ii;FLC;Street View;Le Corbusier's Formative Years;UK English;Public Administrations;Bavarian National Museum;Rue Du;Le Corbusier's Ville Contemporaine;Rue De La Paix