Eugène Beaudouin

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The Suresnes Open Air School, 1932–35

Eugène Beaudouin (born July 20, 1898 in Paris ; † January 14, 1983 there ) was a French architect and town planner .

Life

The Catholic-raised son of the architect Léon and Marie (née Durand) came from Paris. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in the French capital in the studio of Emmanuel Pontremoli , where his degree was awarded the Prix ​​de Rome in 1928 , and was a partner of Marcel Lods from 1925 to 1940 . From this collaboration, for example, the open-air school in Suresnes was born , where Jean Prouvé was an engineer. During this period he began to deal with urban planning and the functional and spatial organization of entire city districts.

In 1942 he became director of the newly established architecture section at the University of Geneva . In addition to this school, he also taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1946. From 1960 to 1964 he was President of the Union Internationale des Architectes . From 1961, Beaudouin was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, succeeding Jules Formigé .

His most important works in the 1960s and 1970s include the headquarters of the International Labor Organization (together with Pier Luigi Nervi and Alberto Camenzind), the expansion of the League of Nations (together with François Bouvier, André Gaillard and Arthur Lozero).

He was married to the painter Joséphine Cahuzac.

Works (selection)

together with Marcel Lods
  • Champ des Oiseaux , Neighborhood, Bagneux 1930–39
  • Cité de la Muette , Neighborhood, Drancy 1931–34
  • Open-air school , Suresnes 1933–35 (with Jean Prouvé)
  • Maison du Peuple , Clichy 1935–39 (with Jean Prouvé and Vladimir Bodiansky)
in your own office
  • Vermont-Les Artichauts , Geneva settlement 1948–54 (with André Bordigoni, Jean Gros and Antoine de Saussure)
  • Cité Rotterdam , Strasbourg settlement 1951–53
  • Student residence , Antony 1954–60
  • Maine-Montparnasse development , Paris 1958–73
  • Bureau International du Travail , Geneva 1966-68 (with Alberto Camenzind and Pier Luigi Nervi)
  • League of Nations building , extension, Geneva 1957–73 (with François Bouvier, André Gaillard and Arthur Lozero)

literature

  • Bruno Marchand: Beaudouin, Eugène. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 44

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personal data
SURNAME Beaudouin, Eugène
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French architect and urban planner
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1983
Place of death Paris , France