Cet ouvrage part d'un constat surprenant : l'émergence, à partir des années 2000, d'une série de projets de logements collectifs en Suisse utilisant des géométries irrégulières, tant dans la configuration intérieure des espaces domestiques que dans la form ...
In the inter-war period, progressive architects confronted the building of mass housing with an analogy with rational and functional workplaces. At the 2nd CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne), held in Frankfurt in 1929, this was tested aga ...
For some architects at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, the interest in vernacular architecture was partially linked to the experience of travel. This interest often revealed a new way of taking position against the ste ...
Functionalism serves as the guiding concept of this piece of work, on the example of which shall be traced the changes that took place in modern architecture between 1930 and 1950. This choice seems appropriate since Functionalism is a particularly relevan ...