Le Corbusier Berlin

Unite dhabitation of berlin is a 1958 apartment building located in berlin germany designed by le corbusier following his concept of unite dhabitation.

Le corbusier berlin. In the post second world war. And he designed a factory for the company of claude and duval in saint die in the vosges. Didier gaillard hohlweg there was literally nothing in the apartment that had le corbusiers hallmarks. In response to the housing crisis in europe le corbusier.

This episode is about the unites dhabitation by le corbusier and more specifically about the one in berlin. 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 youll see it almost immediately on your left. Le corbusiers unite dhabitation concept was materialised in four other buildings in france with a similar design. I find the neighbourhood concept very interesting and how his formulations changed.

The interior of an apartment in berlins unite dhabitation has been refurbished by german american architect philipp mohr to le corbusiers original plans. After world war ii post war europe was suffering from a lack of housing with many displaced people from the extensive bombing raids. Posted in berlin black and white challenges tagged berlin black white corbusierhaus le corbusier by debbie smyth 1 comment one thought on le corbusier in berlin cee neuner says. Le corbusier projects the unite de berlin modulor the system had the form of 226m and in the unite dhabitation of marseille however the difficult relations with employees and the incompatibility of building regulations in germany were forced to abandon the proportions given by the modulor and increase one meter in height between the floors.

Le corbusier made another almost identical unite dhabitation in reze les nantes in the loire atlantique department between 1948 and 1952 and three more over the following years in berlin briey en foret and firminy. Toward the tumultuous end of the third reich the city of berlin was heavily bombedmany buildings were destroyed during world war ii and many more were subsequently demolished during the 1950s and 1960s to make way for new roads businesses and residential. The building was designed in the mid 1950s by charles edouard jeanneret.