Le Corbusier’s Practical Aesthetic of the City : The treatise ‘La Construction des villes’ of 1910/11 (Hardcover)

Discovering the aesthetics of the city Essay Chapter 1: Jeanneret’s reading and work on the Manuscript The task: a study of urban design Taking stock of the material The work in its latest form: Jeanneret’s final table of contents To Munich Mid-April 1910: Approaching the material An attempt to date Cahier City II Bridges Jeanneret studies Sitte’s Stadtebau Gathering material in Munich’s libraries The urban design exhibition in Berlin What would be the scope of the study? Some bibliographical details La Chaux-de-Fonds: Editing the Manuscript One final month in Munich: Green space in the city Cemeteries and garden cities At Behrens’ studio: No time for urban design Spring 1911: Big plans and a Laugier excerpt Chapter 2: The material in detail Proposition and General Considerations Proposition ? the collective and the universal genius General Considerations ? the situation of urban design circa 1900 Les Elements constitutifs de la ville ? The Elements of the City Introduction Des Chesaux ? On Blocks Des Rues ? On Streets Des Places ? On Squares On Squares in Cahiers C.7 and C.8 Murs de cloture ? On Enclosing Walls The unfinished chapters: Green elements in the city Des Ponts ? On Bridges Des Arbres ? Trees as sculptural elements in the city Des Jardins et Parcs ? On Gardens and parks Des Cimetieres ? The architectural possibilities of cemeteries Des Cites-jardins ? On Garden cities Des moyens possibles ? On Possible Strategies Application Critique ? La Chaux-de-Fonds: A case study Chapter 3: 1911 to 1925 ? Towards urbanism The Laugier excerpt as a turning point Why was La Construction des villes not published? Urban aesthetics versus the Voyage d’Orient France ou Allemagne? Reasons against publication La Construction des villes and Urbanisme Camouflage Curved or straight streets revisited The residential block Public spaces in the city Chapter 4: Conclusion The malerisch versus the monumental Urban space Beaute and utilite The architectural garden and the garden city A somewhat stupid book, "un livre un peu idiot"? La Construction des villes: The manuscript Legend Part I, Chap. I General Considerations §1 Purpose of this study §2 General Principles §3 The present state of the debate §4 A fundamental present-day error Part I, Chap. II The Elements of the City §1 Introduction §2 On Blocks §3 On Streets §4 On Squares, I §4 On Squares, II §5 On Enclosing Walls §6 Material for On Bridges §7 Material for On Trees §8 Material for On Gardens and Parks §9 Material for On Cemeteries §10 Material for On Garden Cities Part I, Chap. III On Possible Strategies Part II Critical Application: La Chaux-de-Fonds Appendix: Material for Critical Application, II Materials: Notebooks Notebook C.2 ? City II Bridges Cahier C.3 ? Cities III (Materials for Blocks, Streets and Squares) Cahier C.11 ? City J Theodor Fischer (Berlin, October 1910) Cahier C.12 ? Roland Freart (Berlin, October 1910) Cahier C.13 ? Laugier (Berlin, January to March 1911) Inventory Tables of contents, overviews Overview table of contents for ‘On Squares’ Illustrations Bibliographic Notes Cahiers: Title Pages Bibliography List of illustrations