Le Corbusier Foundation

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The Fondation Le Corbusier is a foundation for the preservation and documentation of the writings, the plans and the buildings and sculptures of Le Corbusier , based in Paris , France.

founding

In January 1960, the Swiss-French architect, architectural theorist, town planner, painter and sculptor Le Corbusier (1887–1965) founded the Fondation Le Corbusier with friends from private funds.

Le Corbusier, who had no direct heirs, wanted in the last fifteen years of his life to establish the foundation to ensure that the bundle of his writings, plans and images he carefully kept would be collected in an archive after his death and made available to the public . Its collection should not be dispersed among several institutions and owners. That is why he tried to regulate and implement the foundation that bears his name in detail while he was still alive.

On January 13, 1960, Le Corbusier sent his objectives for the “Fondation Le Corbusier” to M. Ouvré, M. Gabriel Chéreau, Bernard Anthonioz and a member of the cabinet of André Malraux, a group of friends whom he inspires for the realization of the project could.

Duties of the foundation

The task of the foundation is to protect and preserve Le Corbusier's cultural heritage . The foundation supports research and is the publisher of numerous publications. Your objective is in detail:

Preservation of the architectural work

Le Corbusier's architectural work covers four continents and eleven countries. It is the task of the foundation to secure the copyrights to the works and to contribute to their preservation. Experts appointed by the foundation are to advise the owners, owners and residents of the buildings planned by Le Corbusier on renovation and maintenance. All restoration and development projects, including those carried out by the Foundation itself, must be submitted to a committee of appointed experts. This should help to respect Le Corbusier's work. Based on the recommendations of this appointed committee, the foundation can authorize changes to the work or raise concerns about it. The foundation ensures the preservation of the buildings left by Le Corbusier and owned by him; it carries out maintenance and renovation work necessary to preserve its originality.

Archiving and publishing of LC's writings and plans

In addition to preserving the buildings and sculptures and the information about the artistic and architectural work of Le Corbusier, it is the task of the foundation to publish the literature and plans of Le Corbusier. It also has the task of systematically taking photographs of all the buildings erected by Le Corbusier around the world, with the aim of making an exhaustive inventory of the buildings and works at the beginning of the 21st century.

Initiative to add LC's buildings to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

For the aforementioned reasons, the Foundation supports and promotes the application of the Ministry of Culture and Communication of France to include the architectural and urban planning work of Le Corbusier on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites . France, together with Germany, Argentina, Belgium, India, Japan and Switzerland, proposed that Le Corbusier's architectural and urban planning work be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2009. The oeuvre originally comprised 23 buildings, including four in Switzerland. The latter are the Clarté building (1932) in Geneva , the Villa Le Lac (1925) in Corseaux (VD) and the “Maison Blanche” (1912) and “Villa Schwob” (1916) in La Chaux-de -Fund (NE). The candidacy dossier comprised 750 pages. It was signed on January 30, 2008 by the French Minister of Culture Christine Albanel in the presence of UNESCO delegates and representatives of the Corbusier Foundation. Despite a later reduction to 19 objects and revision of the application, it was rejected by the World Heritage Committee in June 2011 . In 2016, the newly submitted list of 17 buildings by Le Corbusier was accepted. The list of "The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement" UNESCO World Heritage Sites includes the following buildings:

  1. 1923: Maisons La Roche et Jeanneret / Paris, France
  2. 1923: Petite villa au bord du lac Léman / Corseaux , Switzerland
  3. 1924: Cité Frugès / Pessac, France
  4. 1926: Maison Guiette / Antwerp , Belgium
  5. 1927: Houses of the Weissenhof settlement / Stuttgart , Germany
  6. 1928: Villa Savoye et loge du jardinier / Poissy, France
  7. 1930: Immeuble Clarté / Geneva , Switzerland
  8. 1931: Immeuble locatif à la Porte Molitor / Boulogne-Billancourt, France
  9. 1945: Unité d'habitation / Marseille, France
  10. 1946: Manufacture à Saint-Dié / Saint-Dié-des-Vosges , France
  11. 1949: Maison du Docteur Curutchet / La Plata, Argentina
  12. 1950: Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut / Ronchamp , France
  13. 1951: Cabanon du Corbusier / Roquebrune – Cap-Martin, France
  14. 1952: Complexe du Capitole / Chandigarh , India
  15. 1953: Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette / Éveux , France
  16. 1955: Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l'Occident / Tokyo , Japan
  17. 1953: Maison de la Culture de Firminy / Firminy , France

Other missions

Since the above date, in accordance with its statutes and missions, the Foundation has devoted all its resources to the preservation, knowledge and dissemination of Le Corbusier's work, in particular through the following initiatives:

Visiting LC's structures

The Foundation owns the Maisons La Roche-Jeanneret (semi-detached) properties in Square du Docteur-Blanche in Paris, 1923, l'appartement-atelier de Le Corbusier 24, rue Nungesser et Coli in Paris, 1933, and the second house for his Parents Villa Le Lac "Une petite maison" Route de Lavaux in Corseaux, 1923–1924 and made it possible for them to be visited all year round.

Promotion of research on the works of LC and their publication

Together with the publisher Birkhauser, the foundation publishes manuals on the buildings and supports and promotes research and publications on the work of Le Corbusier.

Exclusive licenses for Le Corbusier furniture and colors

Since 1964 - Le Corbusier was still alive - Cassina signed the first exclusive license agreement to produce the furniture designed by Le Corbusier , Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand . In 1965 the well-known models LC1, LC2, LC3 and LC4 went into production. Cassina only designs new versions of the pieces from the LC collection in agreement with the wishes of the designers and their heirs. The license for the architectural colors of Le Corbusier was entrusted exclusively to Les Couleurs Suisse AG, based in Switzerland, in 2009. The original color collection ( Architectural Polychromy ) by the architect Le Corbusier is protected by the trademark "Les Couleurs® Le Corbusier".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Histoire de Fondation Le Corbusier. In: Website of the Fondation Le Corbusier. Retrieved on February 1, 2016 ( “Je déclare en tout cas, ici, tester la totalité de ce que je possède en faveur d'un être administratif, la“ Fondation Le Corbusier ”, ou toute autre forme utile, qui va devenir un être spirituel, c'est-à-dire une continuation de l'effort poursuivi pendant une vie. " Quote from Le Corbusier from January 13, 1960).
  2. ↑ Histoire de Fondation Le Corbusier. In: Website of the Fondation Le Corbusier. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
  3. ^ History of the Fondation Le Corbusier: Testament. In: Website of the Fondation Le Corbusier. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Le Corbusier in the UNESCO World Heritage. In: Nachrichten.ch. January 29, 2008, accessed February 1, 2016 .
  5. ^ Joseph Hanimann: World Heritage Debate: Le Corbusier. All or nothing. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . June 29, 2011, accessed February 1, 2016 .
  6. ^ The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement. Retrieved April 12, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Statutes de la Fondation Le Corbusier. In: Website of the Fondation Le Corbusier. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
  8. ^ Works of the Fondation Le Corbusier: Books. In: Website of the Fondation Le Corbusier. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
  9. ↑ The co-authors. In: Cassina - LC collection. Retrieved April 12, 2019 .
  10. ^ Fondation Le Corbusier. In: Les Couleurs Suisse AG - About us. Retrieved April 12, 2019 .

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