Supasai Vongkulbhisal, author.

Primitivism, regionalism, and the vernacular in Le Corbusier's middle years, 1929-1945 / Supasai Vongkulbhisal.

[Seattle] : [University of Washington Libraries], [2016]
©2016

1 online resource (x, 133 pages) : color illustrations

This thesis examines Le Corbusier's middle years from 1929-1945, a period that is not often a subject of architectural historians' interest. This work is largely overshadowed by the two phases that represent the peak moments of Le Corbusier's career which are: the early years from the Maison Dom-ino (1913) to the Villa Savoye (1929) and the later years from the Marseilles block (1946) to the Capitol of Chandigarh (1952-1965). In studying this phase in Le Corbusier's career, it is fascinating that this connecting period reveals how the characteristics of his design progressed and were altered--from a focus on machine beauty to a humanistic approach. Three qualities stood out during the investigation of this mediation, which were; the architect's rational understanding of the three terms--primitivism, regionalism, and the vernacular; the architect's study of these three terms through a self-searching experience; and the gradual emergence of the second-phase of his modern architecture. The concrete realization of this process can be explicitly seen in his urban plans for North Africa and South America and his small-scale domestic projects in France starting from the late-1920s onward. Overall, this thesis attempts to understand the relationship and position of primitivism, regionalism, and the vernacular in modern architectural perceptions through the designs of a leading modernist architect, Le Corbusier and, at the same time, to understand the importance of the study of transitional phases in an individual architect's work.

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Regionalism in architecture.
Vernacular architecture.
Primitivism Influence.
Régionalisme en architecture.
Architecture vernaculaire.
Primitivisme Influence.
vernacular architecture.
Le Corbusier
Modern Architecture
Modern Vernacular
Primitivism
Regionalism
Vernacular
History
Architecture

Academic Dissertation
Theses Architecture.
dissertations.
Academic theses
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Thèses et écrits académiques.

McLaren, Brian, degree supervisor.
Anderson, Alex Thomas, degree supervisor.

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