Émile Aillaud (18 January 1902 in Mexico City – 29 December 1988 in Paris)
all-art.org was a French architect
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His design can be found after World War II in France, such as Les Courtilières in Pantin
Pantin () is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2019 its population was estimated to be 59,846. Pantin is located on the edge of the city of Paris and is mainly formed by a plain ...
(1955–56, 1957–60), Wiesberg at Forbach
Forbach ( , , ; gsw, Fuerboch) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est.
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(1959, 1961 ff.) and La Grande Borne
La Grande Borne is a housing estate, in the Essonne département on the southern outskirts of Paris, France. The estate is located in both the communes of Grigny and Viry-Châtillon. The architect Émile Aillaud designed this housing estate.
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at Grigny (1964–71), are representative of the attempts to compensate for the uniformity which resulted from extensively industrialized constructional methods (principally heavy construction employing prefabricated reinforced-concrete panels) by adopting more individualizing urban planning strategies.
This is chiefly achieved in the overall arrangement of the building masses, reduced to smooth abstract forms, in curved serpentine compositions; through the integration of works of art; and finally through the careful handling of public spaces, at times eccentrically shaped and colourfully treated. The residents are thereby given an impetus to identify with their environment.
References
Bibliography
*Émile Aillaud, ''Desordre apparent, ordre caché'', Librarie Artheme Fayard, Paris, 1975.
*Émile Aillaud, ''Chanteloup les Vignes'', Librarie Artheme Fayard, Paris, 1978.
*Gerald Gassiot-Talabot, Alain Devy, ''La Grande Borne'', Librarie Hachette, Paris, 1972.
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* http://eras.free.fr/html/archi/aillaud.html
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1902 births
1988 deaths
Lycée Henri-IV alumni
20th-century French architects
French expatriates in Mexico