Housing design by Le Corbusier, 1914–15 and later Between 1914 and 1915, Le Corbusier, partly encouraged by his friend Max du Bois, conceived of a standardized system of construction using reinforced concrete, which was to provide the structural basis of most of his houses through the mid-1930s. These were the Dom-ino prefabricated houses with independent skeletons. The frame was to be completely independent of the floor plans of the houses. Derived from the Hennebique frame, it consisted of six thin concrete columns that simply carried two horizontal slabs as the floors. The columns and slabs were connected by staircases. Apart from this structural core of the houses, nothing else was fixed, thus permitting a great flexibility to suit demands on the basis of aesthetics, climate, composition, or view. The floor plan was also extremely flexible, as interior partitions were independent of the grid. This utterly simple and clear “open plan” method did away with load-carrying walls. Suppor...
absolutely true.. ;) they don't only design great buildings but also great characteristics.. ;)
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ReplyDeleteIt's amazing to note that they have voted architects to be so. I think they might not be wrong doing so because the architects make not only good designs but also great characteristics.
I knew it I should have taken that course before.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the artist they're artistic too because they're artist, right! lol
Interesting Article!
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I thought they are one of the weirdest next thing to painters
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Right voting for right people who not only designs buildings but also dreams. They handles pressure like no one less that also in relaxed manner, that's enough to make them lead in the voting list.
ReplyDeletearchitects aren't weird. what they have is a real profession. unlike other men who sits on the desk and let others do their jobs and just sign papers. being an architect is very hard, considering the fact that architecture is a lot more complicated than anyone thinks. the article is right.
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