ARCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Le Corbusier, Joseph Monier, Auguste Perret
23 Apr 2019
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Joseph monier: french gardener, known to be one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete, patent in reinforced flowerpots in 1877, before 1877, the use of concrete construction, though dating back to the. Roman empire, was not proved scientifically: francois hennebique, french engineer, patented the pioneering monolithic reinforced concrete construction. System in 1892: employed slender vertical posts, thin lateral beams on brackets, and floor slabs. Charles edouard jeanneret: villa jaquemet: la chaux-de-fonds, 1908, born in the swiss watchmaking town of la chaux-de-fonds as charles. Edouard jeanneret: received formal art instruction in the local arts and crafts school, which trained its students to do fancy engraving for watch cases, later he would choose the name le corbusier. In 1906, the 19 year old jeanneret designed his first house, the villa fallet, in. La chaux-de-fonds, with the help of local architect, rene chapallaz: architectural education from experience garnered in the offices of auguste. Perret (1908-1909) and peter behrens (1910) and travels.
