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February 7, 2009
Corbusier Chair from above - less comfortable version
We had an optional field trip to visit one of the great shrines of Modernist Architecture today - and was I going to pass that up?
We went to the Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart (about 2 hours away). The housing complex was built as a demonstration of Modernist housing for varying income levels. The museum is in a duplex built by Corbusier - the concrete version of his LC2 arm chair, more usually executed in steel and leather, is out in the garden. There are also buildings by van der Rohe, Ouds, and a bunch of lesser known Modernists.
I really found the Corbusier house spatially interesting, but I don't think I want to live with a kitchen that is "pedagogical," to quote our guide.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at February 7, 2009 10:08 PM