Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret - Restoration of the Clarté Building, Geneva

Published by Birkhäuser 2016

Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret - Restoration of the Clarté Building, Geneva

Edited by: Office du patrimoine et des sites

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035607598

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Immeuble Clarté renovated

The book describes the story of Clarté, Le Corbusier’s first apartment building, continuing the narrative into the 21st century. The steel skeleton building completed in Geneva in 1930/1932 is a prototype of the Moderne style and a precursor of the Unité d’Habitation.

The building was neglected for many decades and not listed as a historic building until the 1990s. In 2007 the external envelope was repaired as the first step, followed by refurbishment of the interior, in which building preservation requirements were taken into account in an exemplary manner. The building log book by the architects and structural engineers is illustrated with numerous new and historic drawings and photographs, and has been supplemented with an account of the building’s history. The renovated building is presented in large photographs.

Listed among UNESCO World Heritage sites since 2016
Extensive building log book of the refurbishment process and current architectural photographs
Numerous sketches, drawings and photographs from the time of the construction of the building

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Sabine Nemec-Piguet (Historic Buildings Department, Geneva), et al.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	14
Preface Jean-Pierre Duport Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Introduction Sabine Nemec-Piguet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
The Clarte Building Reflections on The Historical Context
The historical context of the Clarté site – Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret Catherine Courtiau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
“A milestone of modern architecture …“ The Clarté building in the creations of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret Arthur Rüegg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
The Restoration in Question
Lessons of a rehabilitation Bernard Zumthor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
The restoration of the Clarté building, an introduction Jacques-Louis de Chambrier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Building Plans Historical Plans Restoration Plans
Plan of the footings and of the ground slab, by the engineer Robert Maillart, 18 March 1931, modified on 30 April, and again on 30 June 1931 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Foundation cross-sections, by the engineer Robert Maillart, 18 March 1931, modified on 30 April, and again on 30 June 1931 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
Plan of the first and third storeys (actual second and fourth storeys), dated 22 October 1931, plan kept at the gta of EPFZ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Plan of the first and third storeys (actual second and fourth storeys), modified 18 December 1931, plan kept at the gta of EPFZ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Plan of the second and fourth storeys (actual third and fifth storeys), final revision of 24 August 1931, plan kept at the gta of EPFZ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Plan – 1932 detail ground floor and basement scale 1:300 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Plan – state 2014 ground floor and basement scale 1:300 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Roof terrace scale 1:300 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
West facade scale 1:300 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Transverse section scale 1:300 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
North facade scale 1:300 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
South facade scale 1:300 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
The Restoration of 2007 - 2011 at The Heart of The Works
Introduction Sabine Nemec-Piguet and Marielle Savoyat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
The site installation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
The roof Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
The balconies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
The metal facades and windows Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
The roller blinds and their enclosures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Masonry and reinforced concrete Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
Travertine cladding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
The glass bricks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
The technical services Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
The communal areas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Colours Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Anexes
Chronology Catherine Courtiau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Regulations for co-owners 2008 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Excerpts from the Inventory undertaken by the firm of architects Laurent Chenu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Principles for conservation of interior areas – rules of intervention for the owner’s attention Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Construction of 1931–1932 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Restoration project of 2007–2011 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Biographical notes Catherine Courtiau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Select bibliography and sources Catherine Courtiau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Photo Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architects, monument conservators, students
Pages
- Main content: 176
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 55
- Coloured Illustrations: 80

eBook

Published: October 24, 2016
ISBN: 9783035607598

Hardcover

Published: October 24, 2016
ISBN: 9783035609615