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"The house and studio in Paris for Le Corbusier's friend the painter

Ozenfant is an early example of 'minimal' architecture, a prototype

of the Dom-ino house and a manifestation of some of the principles

which Le Corbusier was to set out in his famous 'five points.' Itpossessed a geometrical clarity inside and out which has since beenlost with the elimination of the north-light roof and its replacement

by a flat one."

client: Amédée OzenfantSTYLE: International styleBUILDING TYPE: flat / studioMaterial: Re-inforced concrete, stucco CONTEXT: urban (street corner)

1. pilotis2. free plan3. free facade4. horizontal window5. roof garden

“Five Points for aNew Architecture”

“dom-ino system”

over the years through practice and experience le corbusiercame up with his theory of the 5 points of modern architecture.These points corcern architectural facts that will lead to anew kind of building. a prime example of these points is villa savoye.

—Dennis Sharp

dom-ino system:the dom-ino system was a style of modular construction which was influenced from hennebique frame. it was system consistingof of six concrete columns (pilotis) that carried two horiztontalfloor slabs. Stairs connected the two floor slabs and apartfrom the stair core nothing else was fixed. having the columnsset in around the perimeter, it allowed for the freedom of an openplan and a free facade which reflected his 5 points of architecture.

5 points toward new architecture:

Amédée Ozenfant-Guitar & Bottles-1920

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the ozenfant studio was expressed as apure building with two mathmaticallysymmetrical facades. the program ofspaces were expressed in the facade andthrough the density of fenestration. the studio is the most exposed to lightand with the highest ceiling spaces, thisspace is considered the 'perfect cubeof light'.

client: Adolf sommerfieldSTYLE: bauhausBUILDING TYPE: residenceMaterial: timber, limestone base

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the sommerfeld house was the firstproject that gropius designedand built after forming the bauhaus.the relationship between these two

buildings is like a "unified work ofart" like its interior. everything fromradiator covers to chairs weredetails that the bauhaus created andtheir designs transferred into thesommerfeld home. this includes thebig stained glass window abovethe front entrance. the form anddirection of the design of theinteriors were from classes ofjohannes itten & josef albers. topicssuch as these were taught at thebauhaus and were then incorpratedinto the design of the sommerfeldhouse

designed by frank lloyd wright, thesommerfeld house borrows someelements used in this project. one isthe exaggerated overhangs from the roof. another is the use of symmetry

in a majestic and constructive way.in addition, the large distinction ofa main entrance. further more both of

the houses were of dynamic qualityto the interior space.

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winslow houseFLW | chicago | 1893

Bauhausgropius | dessau | 1925

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in 1921 Walter Gropius designed and built a home for a timber merchant whowanted to use logs from an old ship. He was interested in a house of solidwood. The exterior and interior ornament is linked to the concept of theBauhaus by Gropius. the Bauhaus was a workshop of the arts where thetradition of apprentice and master model was maintained, but diversitywas interconnected in a completely new way. The house engaged the use of simple shapes such as rectangles, squares and triangles with work from Bauhausstudents as well as marcel breuer and josef albers. In addition, The houseis built on a stone base with recycled teak from ship wrecks. Both thematerials and the provision of the constructed elements emphasize thehorizontality like that of the prarie houses of Frank Lloyd Wright.

the home has noticeable detail on the facade like that of the winslow house it seems to be a "dramatised version and rustic translation of FLW'searliest prarie houses" (w. pehnt). gropius referred to the sommerfeld house as his “middle-class house.” sommerfeld also led to a number of additional commissions made of solid wood such as a large administration buildingat this point in time, gropius thought of his buildings as "old nags" which he did not want to deal with any further.

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n le corbusier's ozenfant house & walter gropious' sommerfeld house have their similarities and differences. for instance with the use of materials, the ozenfant house follows corbusier's 5 points

therefore it uses minimal architecture and stays within the set principals. with the sommerfeld house, there is a lot of ornament

inside and outside of the home. it incorporates the ideas andphilosophies from the bauhaus. the interior of the home is dark but

the shadows from the window onto the walls that have the designs of these is incredible. the outside mimics that of a log

cabin for the user of the home. ozenfant utilizes the inovation of concrete and stucco therefore ranking it one of the most

innovative buildings at that time. the sommerfeld house usues wooden timbers becasue the user was a timber merchant. the home becomes more decorative becasue if this use. the ozenfant home is

a home and a studio in one. some may argue that this is not a great way to live but it worked for the client and corbusier

becasue he was comissioned many more projects thanks to this home. the 3rd & 4th floor are joined by the big window. this stillfollows his 5 points because the large window is split up into

smaller sections. the sommerfeld home did not have this oppoptunity because the user's job took place in the wood mills and could not support the work the user acomplished. overall lecorbusier's ozenfant house & walter gropious' sommerfeld house

are interesting in a way that they both usilize certain horizontal characteristics. with a lot of detail or even with a little, they

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