To commemorate the architect 50 years after his death, from April 29 through August 3 the Pompidou center is hosting a retrospective on the life and works of Le Corbusier. The exhibition highlights Le Corbusier’s architecture and artwork, which is curated to trace his evolving understanding of the human body, and includes texts, paintings, drawings, sculptures, and models.
Le Corbusier’s interest in the body partially developed from his investigations of units of measurement and the concept of eurythmia, a way of experiencing art through movement based on proportion. The architect sought to provide an alternative to the metric system, which he viewed as irrelevant to architecture because of its lack of relation to the human form. While he found the imperial system’s basis in human proportions productive, he wanted to create a system that could produce consistently pleasant forms; as a result, Le Corbusier developed “Le Modulor,” a system of measurement derived from the golden section and the human body. [1]
To supplement the main exhibition, the Pompidou Center is offering several additional programs, including activities for children and families that invite participants to understand the human scale of Le Corbusier’s architecture through dance, and every Wednesday, a film series on the Le Corbusier’s design philosophies.To learn more about the exhibition, visit the Pompidou Centre’s website here.
Title
Le Corbusier: The Measures of ManWebsite
Organizers
From
April 29, 2015 11:00 AMUntil
August 03, 2015 09:00 PMVenue
Le Centre PompidouAddress
Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004
[1] “Le Modulor.” Fondation Le Corbusier. Accessed June 21, 2015.
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