Le Corbusier “Citrohan” House
Rome University (La Sapienza) researched the work of Le Corbusier by creating an interactive model of his famous “Citrohan” house from the 1920-30 period.
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Le Corbusier chose the name “Citrohan” when he was searching for a sponsor to realize the project and he tried with Citroen. At first it seemed like Citroen was pleased about it, but in the end nothing came out of it.
At the time cars were still considered quite novelty, which is why Le Corbusier was searching for a car manufacturer since his houses were conceived to be “smart” as cars, and because he had a general thought about cities that involved cars as some kind of “saviours”.
The scene is made from the transcript of a perspective designed by Le Corbusier in 1922.
The project has been carried out, with the contribution of the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research (MUR), in the ambit of the PRIN 2005 project entitled:
VIA - Virtual Interactive Architecture.
The research group was coordinated by professor Riccardo Migliari of the “Sapienza “ University in Rome.
It was further formed by Professor: Andrea Casale, Marco Fasolo, Paola Quattrini and Graziano Valenti.
Arch. Marco De Angelis, study grant, also gave a precious and valuable help.
