I immediately found this extract interesting, as my previous interest in this architect engages me to learn more. Le Corbusier is one of the architects that I have more knowledge about; his work has been featured throughout first year as well as this year and has been a major influence on many designers as well as my own work.
Le Corbusier was very advanced for a designer in the 20th century, ahead of other architects at the time. His advanced concepts and designs and use of technology have influenced many architects around the world.
Le Corbusier has influenced the urban environment we live in today, we can see that through his use of clean lines and reinforced concrete that are common now. He introduced the world to Brutalism and despite the controversy that follows this particular movement is still respected and admired.
I did not realise that he was one of the first architects to convey his work using visuals, ‘He constantly mixed these images with his own projected work, thereby fusing the real with the ideal and vice versa. He employed the technique of photomontage to imply the realisation of works that were still hypothetical.’[Frampton, 2001, p 33]. He was forward thinking in everyway, which could have been a problem for other people at the time, if they could not understand or imagine what he was aiming to create. His development of visuals aided the world around him to believe in and support his work. From reading this I have a new appreciation for the use of renders in aiding the understanding. Without Le Corbusier and his initial renders, he may not have got the understanding and the support to build his creations and we would not have the architecture we have today.
Frampton, Kenneth. Le Corbusier. London: Thames and Hudson. (2001) Chapter 2 ‘Towards a New Architecture’ (pp. 20-45)
Photograph: https://www.flickr.com/photos/flaf/464432865/