| Title |
A Study on Le Corbusier's Musee a Croissance Illimitee |
| Keywords |
Le Corbusier ; Museum ; Musee a croissance illimitee ; Modern Spatiality |
| Abstract |
This study presents first the process of establishment and its architectural characteristics of the Musee a croissance illimitee which, since 1931, has been proposed with confidence by Le Corbusier as a prototype of the modern museum architecture, and next it considers the characteristics and logical basis of differentiation in Le Corbusier's three museums realized on this concept.In 1931, Le Corbusier proposed the Museum of Contemporary Art(Paris) on the basis of unlimited growth dream in keeping the spiral form of the Musee Mondial and in adding architectural theories applied on the Villa Savoye which was conceived in the same period. During 1938-39, The project at last named the Musee a croissance illimitee was proposed.In adhering strictly to the principles of the Musee a croissance illimitee, three accomplished museums show differentiation as a result of different regional conditions. Le Corbusier's passion to develop modern spatiality like spatial continuity and flexibility combined with natural light in a simple, self-controled volume, his endeavors for variations on the firm principles show that how much he has convinced the idea of the Musee a croissance illimitee and has pursued it persistently. |