Self-Denial And Innovation

As the 20th century’s most controversial architect, Le Corbusier’s modernist architecture is not only leading to the peak, at the same time, he also became the opening Ronchamp chapel postmodern architecture. He is known as the "standard-bearer of modernism," he’s "house is living machine" mechanical aesthetic theory is famous modernist architectural manifesto early Villa Savoye and other buildings reflected in the shape of the structure and rational simple white decor and other basic architectural language also became the basic paradigm of modernism, the impact of the development trend of the generation of the building. At the same time, post-modern Le Corbusier is a pioneer of modernism in his earliest period to the rigid base language of modernism began to be raised to reflect the late Ronchamp chapel and other buildings embodied nature worship, and humanism in the building injected once again become one amazing construction industry. Le Corbusier’s only a large number of architectural design, he also through words and speeches to promote their architectural ideas. In his book "Toward a New Architecture", the Le Corbusier advocated mechanical and aesthetic point of view, "the glorious city" in the proposed urban planning concept, have become the construction industry guidance program, influenced generations of architecture division. Both architects and artists rational romantic temperament, Le Corbusier’s architectural thinking is contradictory. He proposed design must keep pace with the times, at the same time deny the traditional architecture, but also in the structure of the proportion of the hidden shadows everywhere classical architecture; his Villa Savoye and other buildings that might seem mean, but he also is to promote design democracy; his Chandigarh city planning, although lets get many critical voices, but the program has also become a major guiding urban planning in developing countries; his Ronchamp chapel appears to be the artist’s poetic writing, but a closer look will find that the design of the building are from the geometric aesthetic variants.Unlike many academic architect’s professional learning background, study tours and painting knowledge is Le Corbusier’s architectural mentor. Early study tour experience has taught classical architecture of Le Corbusier in the hearts planted the seeds of his life can not become devoid of ideals. The Le Corbusier forgotten painter identity is the main driving force of his speculative building.This is such a multiple identities both architects have left the endless conjecture. This paper attempts to read Le Corbusier’s classics, as well as reference later research on Le Corbusier, combined with examples of Le Corbusier’s architecture to analyze the contradictions of his architectural ideas, to restore a more realistic...