{"id":5250,"date":"2014-11-18T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?p=5250"},"modified":"2014-11-19T17:18:26","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T21:18:26","slug":"book-review-le-corbusier-redrawn-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2014\/11\/18\/book-review-le-corbusier-redrawn-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Le Corbusier Redrawn: The Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Author: SooJin (Steven) Park (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le Corbusier needs no introduction in the architecture and urban planning circles. As a person who many consider a master of modern architecture and whose urban planning ideas – for better or worse – have greatly influenced the contemporary city, countless books have been written on the life and works of Charles-\u00c9douard Jeanneret-Gris<\/a>. The quality and content of these texts are as diverse as the quantity of authors who have written about him, and once one has read one or two books on the subject, it is a challenge to find another that brings in a new perspective. This being the case, Steven Park\u2019s Le Corbusier Redrawn: The Houses<\/em> has certainly done its part to bring a different dimension the residential works of Le Corbusier – both literally and figuratively.<\/p>\n

The intent of the book is deceptively simple: to give readers a consistently drawn and comprehensive set of drawings of Le Corbusier\u2019s houses. A feat that, surprisingly, has not been undertaken until now. Using original drawings from the Le Corbusier Foundation\u2019s archives, Park recreated each residential project using 3D software and represented each project at the same scales in order to\u00a0give readers a good idea of the spatial character of the buildings.\u00a0One can only assume that this is the logical first step in creating architecture books that use Augmented Reality apps (like that currently being experimented with in drawing and art books – i.e. The Art of Journey<\/a> and How to Draw<\/a>) to give people a better 3-dimensional understanding of architectural works.<\/p>\n

The twenty-six projects within the book are presented in chronological order – speaking to how his work evolved over time. Most of the project drawing sets include a series of cross-sectional perspectives, followed by the standard orthographic set – plans, cross-sections and elevations – scaled at 1:200. Some include larger scale site plans.<\/p>\n

A short background write-up – a few paragraphs strong – is also included for each project. Given that the focus of the book is the drawings, each write-up remains broad, but is enough to give readers a general sense of the work.<\/p>\n

For unknown reasons, a couple of projects – Villa Besnus and Villa Lipchitz-Miestchaninoff – do not include any three-dimensional images at all and rely solely on the orthographic drawings. Given that these are not part of Le Corbusier\u2019s well-known projects, this is not necessarily a big issue, but still worth noting.<\/p>\n

Overall, this is a great addition to the libraries of Le Corbursier followers. As implied in title and cover, Le Corbusier Redrawn: The Houses<\/em> is not meant to be an in-depth study of his works and, I believe, is better for it. In rigorously compiling and displaying a consistent, spatially rich series of drawings, it stands as a unique and valuable addition to the vast quantity of existing books that look more deeply into his works.<\/p>\n

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For more information on\u00a0Le Corbusier Redrawn: The Houses<\/strong>\u00a0visit the PAP website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Erick Villagomez<\/strong>\u00a0is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator, independent researcher and designer with personal and professional interests in the urban landscapes. His private practice \u2013\u00a0Metis Design|Build<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 is an innovative practice dedicated to a collaborative and ecologically responsible approach to the design and construction of places. You can see more of his artwork on his\u00a0Visual Thoughts Tumblr<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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