Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Porte Molitor Apartments
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Preferred Title:
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Porte Molitor Apartments
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Alternate Title:
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Porte Molitor Condominium Block
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Image View:
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Close side view of central bay, depicting intersection of planes, closer view of glass block at base of windows
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Creator:
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Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965)
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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Parc des Princes
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Date:
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1931-1934 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Modern
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Work Type 1:
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condominium (built work)
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Work Type 2:
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apartment house
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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glass; glass block; cpncrete
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; Artists' studios
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Description:
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Le Corbusier's Porte Molitor condominium block (1931-1934), overlooking the Parc des Princes, Paris, provided him with a home for the rest of his life, but due to a bank failure brought him close to bankruptcy. He invested in the project and contracted to buy the sixth and seventh floors, which he designed as a penthouse flat and studio for Yvonne and himself. The design comes from a free sketch made in 1929 labelled Ma maison, in which he used industrial shell vaults of a kind pioneered by Auguste Perret. The studio has concrete vaults and rubble masonry walls, and the bedroom has a rich, organic play of volumes and spaces. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Two
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Identifier:
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1A1-LC-PM-A5
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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