| Title |
Oblique Integration of Horizontality and Verticality in Le Corbusier’s Architecture |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2023.39.3.115 |
| Keywords |
Le Corbusier; Horizontality; Verticality; Modern Architecture Space; Oblique Movement and Composition |
| Abstract |
In exploring the modernity of modern architecture, this study attempts an integrated analysis ranging from simple architectural facts to the
architectural concepts of a specific architect. The integration of verticality and horizontality through oblique movements and compositions in
Le Corbusier's works that focused on early house projects was analyzed. This study includes masonry structure and reinforced concrete
structure, the examination of Le Corbusier and Perret's horizontal window-vertical window debates, the two prototypes of Le Corbusier's
houses, the oblique movement of the architectural promenade, and Le Corbusier's one vanishing point perspective. The analysis results
revealed that the traditional masonry structure and modern RC structure respectively contained verticality and horizontality. Through the
debates between Le Corbusier and Perret, it became evident that horizontal windows represent modernity and vertical windows represent
traditional styles. The two prototypes of Le Corbusier's houses contained horizontality and verticality by slabs and walls, respectively. The
horizontality limitedly accommodates the verticality by stacking slabs, but as a part of the architectural promenade, the oblique movement
within the spatial volume achieved the integration of horizontality and verticality. Upon analysis of the oblique composition in Le Corbusier's
one vanishing point perspective, it was possible to reconfirm that the oblique movement and composition were important spatial characteristics
in understanding his architecture. This study examined the horizontality and verticality of architecture from the general facts of architectural
structure and Le Corbusier’s architectural concepts to overcome the horizontality and verticality by oblique integration. This study is
meaningful in understanding Le Corbusier and modern architecture in an integrated way through facts and concepts. |