Le Corbusier Haus Berlin

The fourth building in the series is the berlin unite d habitation also known as the corbusierhaus.

Le corbusier haus berlin.

The swiss architect corbusier who had previously completed unités d habitation residential units in marseille 1947 1952 and nantes rezé. Book a guided tour sublime le corbusier building originally designed in 1958 as social housing for 2000 people the habitation unite can be found very easily as it is right next to olympia stadion s bahn station just take the exit for flaterwallee from the s bahn and you ll see it almost immediately on your left. The corbusier haus was designed by le corbusier in 1957 following his concept of unite d habitation housing unit hdr stock editorial photography 119252138 from depositphotos collection of millions of premium high resolution stock photos vector images and illustrations. Das corbusierhaus unité d habitation berlin.

Also referred to as the berlin unité d habitation le corbusierhaus in berlin s westend is a staggering example of brutalist architecture. Unité d habitation typ berlin. In 1953 as part of the interbau international building exhibition new types of buildings were designed to eliminate the acute post war housing shortage. The famed swiss architect better known as le corbusier.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. His building was thus an important contribution to interbau. International architects of the calibre of oscar niemeyer arne jakobsen alvar aalto pierre vago and walter gropius wanted to revive the building tradition of the 1920s. Le corbusierhaus berlin germany.

Completed in 1959 it was designed as a symbol for the modernization of germany after the. Das corbusierhaus auch le corbusierhaus corbusierhaus berlin oder wohnmaschine ist ein nach plänen des architekten le corbusier errichtetes hochhaus im berliner ortsteil westend des bezirks charlottenburg wilmersdorf. The building was designed in the mid 1950s by charles édouard jeanneret. In 1957 corbusier was one of the most influential architects in the world.