Firminy Vert (lit. "Green Firminy") is group of modern buildings designed by architect
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...
located in
Firminy
Firminy (; oc, Frominiu) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
It lies on the river Ondaine, 13 km southwest of Saint-Étienne by rail.
History
The ancient name of the town was ''Firminiaco'' or ''Firminiacus'' (lit. "pla ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
in 1964–1969. It includes the
Saint-Pierre Church, a stadium, a cultural center, and an ''
Unité d'Habitation
{{Infobox company
, name = Moldtelecom
, logo =
, type = JSC
, foundation = 1 April 1993
, location = Chişinău, Moldova
, key_people = Alexandru Ciubuc CEO interim
, num_employees = 2,750 employees As of 2019
, industry = Telecommunica ...
''. It was designed based on
Modernism
Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...
principles of architecture. It is praised as one of
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
's most accomplished postwar planning exercises.
Buildings
* 1965:
Unité d'Habitation of Firminy-Vert
The Unité d'Habitation of Firminy-Vert is a residential building located in Firminy in the Loire department in France, by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier according to his Unité d'habitation model.
History
In the 1950s, the city's dem ...
, France
* 1965:
Maison de la culture de Firminy-Vert
Maison (French for "house") may refer to:
People
* Edna Maison (1892–1946), American silent-film actress
* Jérémy Maison (born 1993), French cyclist
* Leonard Maison, New York state senator 1834–1837
* Nicolas Joseph Maison (1771–1840), Ma ...
* 1966:
Stadium Firminy-Vert
The Firminy-Vert Stadium (, is a sport field located at Firminy in the Loire in France.
Historical
The stadium was designed in 1954 by the well known French architect le Corbusier on the site of Firminy-Green in a former quarry.
But the wo ...
* 1969: Church of
Saint-Pierre, Firminy
Saint-Pierre ( en, Saint Peter) is a concrete building in the commune of Firminy, France. The last major work of Le Corbusier, it was started in 1973 and completed in 2006, forty-one years after his death.
History
Designed to be a church in th ...
(built posthumously and completed under
José Oubrerie
José R. Oubrerie (born November 9, 1932) is a French architect, educator, and author. He was a protégé of Le Corbusier.
Education
Oubrerie studied painting at the Ecole des Beux-Arts (1946–51) in Nantes, and architecture at the
École Natio ...
's guidance in 2006)
References
Luca Sampò « l’église Saint-Pierre de Firminy, de Le Corbusier : quarante ans d’histoire entre idée et réalisation », Livraisons de l'histoire de l'architecture
nline 16 , 2008, Online since 10 December 2010, connection on 10 May 2016. URL : http://lha.revues.org/194 ; DOI : 10.4000/lha.194
External links
Official website
{{coord, 45.383, 4.287, display=title
Le Corbusier
Buildings and structures in Loire (department)