Word: corbusierã
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...Center, with guests including then-University President Nathan M. Pusey, patrons Mr. and Mrs. St. Vrain Carpenter, Dean of the Graduate School of Design José Luis Sert, and his wife Moncha Sert. To inaugurate the building—the first in North America designed by architectural great Le Corbusier??€”the university luminaries in attendance splashed champagne on the ramp, leaving a stain on its rough concrete...
...marked facet of Le Corbusier??€™s design is the use of concrete pilotis to elevate the building above the ground. The pilotis allow the landscape to extend beneath the building; they also interact with the landscape directly. When a site plan was being drawn up, Le Corbusier asked that all the tree locations be marked with a high level of precision. In the final design, he aligned some of the pilotis with the existing trees. The best example of this can be found near the entrance to main gallery and film archive. Looking back toward the faculty club...
Undoubtedly, many students have walked past the Carpenter Center numerous times without giving it a second’s notice. They are probably unaware that people travel from around the world just to see the building because of its architectural significance and position in Le Corbusier??€™s oeuvre. Every time I walk past the building, up its ramp, or down into its lower sections, I take a close look at it. Every time I see something...