Review article

Vers l’infini (Towards Infinity) Elements of Le Corbusier’s Reconstruction Plan of Central Paris from 1937

Vedran Ivanković

Abstract

This paper gives an analysis of structural and symbolic elements of Le Corbusier’s reconstruction plan of central Paris presented in 1937 at the exhibition called L’esprit nouveau in Pavillon des temps nouveaux (exhibition of New Art in the Pavilion of Modern Times) in Paris. Additionally, the paper gives a review of Le Corbusier’s urban planning works of the 1920s and 1930s in the context of his achievements between the two wars. The reconstruction plan was a breakthrough in his urban planning work and an introduction to a new phase of his career marked by a new approach to urban planning. Elements of the plan illustrating Le Corbusier’s new conceptual approach are dealt with in this paper.

Keywords

Le Corbusier; Le plan de Paris 37; Paris; reconstruction plan of Paris; urban planning of the 20th century

Hrčak ID:

10719

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/10719

Publication date:

21.6.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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