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Casablanca Chandigarh: Opportunities to Exercise Their Professions, Modern Planning and Forums for the Exchange of Ideas EDITORIAL 02 LC′s Poetic Endurance 40 La Villa Savoye after Le Corbusier, Time and Space — Light and Matter une Longue Histoire ! BY SUSANNA CACCIA GHERARDINI ! BY ANA TOSTÕES AND CARLO OLMO 48 The Restoration of the Paintings of Le Corbusier in the Villa E-1027, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes Maritimes ! BY MARIE5ODILE HUBERT LECTURE 56 Renovation and Restructuring the 04 On Collective Form Cité de Refuge by Le Corbusier ! BY FUMIHIKO MAKI and Pierre Jeanneret. Preserving the Dual Functional and Architectural Identity of the Masterpiece ! BY GILLES RAGOT 64 The Couvent de La Tourette from 1960 to the present day. 53 – 2015/2 Future Discernibility of Past Interventions ! BY ROBERTA GRIGNOLO 74 National Museum of Western Art ESSAYS as Important Cultural Property of Japan: its Evolution and Historical Value 12 The Role of the Fondation Le Corbusier ! BY YOSHIYUKI YAMANA in the Conservation of the Le Corbusier′s AND KYO FUKUDA Architectural Work ! BY BÉNÉDICTE GANDINI Contents docomomo AND MICHEL RICHARD 18 Restoration of the Petite Maison , Corseaux, 1924, 84 HERITAGE IN DANGER Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. Construction Practice as Research ! BY FRANZ GRAF AND GIULIA MARINO 86 NEWS 26 The villa Le Lac by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret 90 BOOK REVIEWS at Corseaux-sous-Vevey. The Color Rediscovered ! BY ELISE KOERING 32 Maison Curutchet , La Plata, Argentina 96 APPENDIX ! BY JORGE NÉSTOR BOZZANO AND JULIO SANTANA Le Corbusier, Capitol mural painting, Chandigarh, India, 1962. © Ana Tostões, 2013. EDITORIAL LC′s Poetic Endurance Time and Space — Light and Matter ANA TOSTÕES Chair of docomomo International Ie theme of this LMrd docomomo Journal is () — +, Years consulted on a daily basis by researchers worldwide, the After . As a tribute to Le Corbusier (ST) on the occasion of _ST is carrying out a most important task: the proposed the LWth anniversary of his death, this issue of docomo- inclusion of “Ie architectural work of Le Corbusier [as] an mo Journal is focused on rehabilitation and conservation outstanding contribution to the Modern Movement” in the processes undertaken on Le Corbusier buildings and sites rstuTv World Heritage List (wxS). Envisaged as cul- worldwide monitored by the Fondation Le Corbusier (_ST). tural property, it is a transnational application that brings ST prolific personality as theorist, painter, sculptor, archi- together the nations of Argentina, Belgium, France, India, tect, urban planner, researcher, disseminator, thinker, and Japan and Switzerland at the World Heritage Convention. provocative activist, helped to make him a universal author. Ie aim is to fight for recognition of the buildings and sites His dual and inseparable theoretical and practical activities constructed by Le Corbusier worldwide as exceptional and represented a source for ST ’s balanced inspirational and as milestones of the Modern Movement that influenced the f systematic method. Envisaging “la planète comme chantier” , practice of architecture everywhere. 53 – 2015/2 ST drove his obsessive constructive impulse around the After many well-founded efforts over fW years, for recog- whole world, to nations such as Japan, Russia, Argentina and nition of the vital nature of ST’s legacy, the wxS candidacy India. Iinking deeply about the human condition in the is still waiting for final positive results. As stated at the fith contemporary age, he looked for solutions to solve social, docomomo Council Meeting (Helsinki, iWfi), “ doco- technical and spatial problems, believing that architecture momo International confirms the outstanding universal could have the power to improve the world. To the question value of architectural works by Le Corbusier and supports “architecture or revolution?” he answered “revolution can a serial nomination in the World’s Heritage List”. Ierefore, be avoided”i through modern architecture. we believe that the conclusion of the recognition process LW years later, Le Corbusier still creates controversy, is urgent, as we all know that it will also guarantee the pro- passion, discussion and intellectual stimulus, confirming the tection of invaluable architectural ensembles, as in the case endurance of his long life energy, spirit and legacy. Irough of the perfectly balanced Capitol Complex in Chandigarh time and space, proportion and matter, his architecture is which is under threat (see p. {k). Editorial docomomo in fact a “wise, correct and magnificent play of volumes Quoting Tim Benton, ST with exigent and permanent gathered under light”M crystallizing a vision of the world as criticism “was somebody capable of renewing himself at an “espace indicible ”k. every moment, [believing] in the universal value of archi- Nowadays, several of ST’s buildings are under threat. Iis tecture” L. Today, we could reformulate this universal value issue of docomomo Journal presents a large variety of as the urgency to strive towards a sustainable future. Iat’s interventions and approaches, showing the cross-section of why docomomo chose “Adaptive Reuse: Ie Modern issues that Le Corbusier’s work raises in the restoration of Movement towards the Future” as the main topic for the 9: th Modern Architecture. International docomomo Conference that will take place in From houses to facilities, from Europe to Asia or America, Lisbon from the } th to the ~th September iWf}, in order to from public authorities to private owners, these buildings have pursuit the Modern Movement’s social and collective proj- stood the test of time, proving their resilience and character. ect engaged with the challenge of creating a better place to I wish to thank Bénédicte Gandini, Michel Richard, and live in an ever faster changing world. the _ST, for accepting the challenge to be the guest editors of this issue and to share with us the “transnational” impor- Notes f Jean-Louis Cohen, Le Corbusier: La planète comme chantier, Paris, tance of Le Corbusier, through the analyzes conducted by a Editiones Textuel, iWWL. exceptional range of experts. i Le Corbusier, Vers une Architecture, Paris, Editions Crès, f~iM. docomomo International wishes to stress the impor- M Idem. tance of the _ST in disseminating STns ideas and preserving k Le Corbusier, “L’espace indicible ”, L’Architecture d’Aujourd ’hui, Paris, Nov.–Dec., f~k}. his work. Besides being responsible for keeping alive ST’s L “rstuTv World Heritage List: Le Corbusier Proposal Deferred”, knowledge and spirit, and gathering precious archives docomomo Journal , kk, Barcelona, iWff, p. {~–~W. 3 HERITAGE IN DANGER 53 – 2015/2 Capitol Complex at Chandigarh Lake on a land piece owned by the Punjab pitching heritage against development to jus- Faces Development Challenges Government, is being contested by Chandi- tify such constructions. In the case of Chan- garh’s residents and the Forest Department digarh, the location of the proposed Tata Le Corbusier’s vision for the Capitol Complex through the judicial court to save the city’s Camelot Housing will be a visual eyesore as the crown of Chandigarh city nestled in green areas and its modern legacy. Even from the Capitol Complex and also have a the backdrop of the Himalayas responded though the project was given an initial clear- strong environmental impact as it is proposed Heritage in Danger docomomo well to the aspirations of a modern and ance by the environment department of the to be built on a water catchment area near independent India in =>?@. As recorded by Punjab State government, there was strong the eco-sensitive area of Sukhna Lake. More- several researchers of modern architecture, resistance from Chandigarh residents who over, the Capitol Complex at Chandigarh, the Capitol Complex was strategically de- filed a writ petition in KL=U against the project with its assemblage of the Assembly Building, signed by Le Corbusier to share an intended in the judicial court. In October KL=U, the the High Court and the Secretariat along visual transparency with its natural setting of Supreme Court asked for the status quo with with the Open Hand, is not only an interna- the hills and forests in the backdrop. While a clear directive that “even a brick should tionally recognized masterpiece of modern Chandigarh has expanded to the south-west not be laid in the area”, and referred the case architecture but also a national legend of with the initial designed sectors now giving to the Delhi High Court. Je Delhi High independent India. Jis relic of KLth century way to large scale housing structures on the Court is expected to hear the case on July architecture by Le Corbusier needs to be outskirts, the original sectors and the Capitol =[, KL=[. Je residents and administration safeguarded in its natural setting for posterity Complex have, to a large extent, retained of Chandigarh are absolutely confident that and the will of Chandigarh residents will help their authenticity well in terms of form, these multi-storied towers will never be built, in this realization. colour, location and setting. thus retaining the authenticity and visual However, the physical and administrative integrity of the Capitol Complex which is Shikha Jain juxtaposition of Chandigarh with the two now nominated for World Heritage as part of adjoining states of Punjab and Haryana have a serial transnational nomination in KL=[. recently resulted in a land parcel that seems In a country like India, where cities face to allow controversial development projects great pressures of social demands and urban Sign the petition to stop the such as the contested Tata Camelot Housing expansion becomes a necessity, it is difficult construction of Tata Camelot Housing at near Sukhna Lake just beyond the Capitol to argue for the retention of large open http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/ Complex. Jis multi-storied housing project, rural-urban pockets vis-à-vis needs of the save-le-corbusiers-capitol?source=c.em.cp&r_ that was conceived in KLLM near the Sukhna city. Clearly, there are diverse views that are by=12525062 84 01–03 Le Corbusier, Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, India, 1962.
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