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André Wogenscky

Born June 3, 1916 · Remiremont, Vosges, France

Died August 5, 2004 · aged 88

André Wogenscky, born June 3, 1916 in Remiremont (Vosges) and died August 5, 2004 in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (Yvelines), is a French architect, disciple of Le Corbusier. After his divorce from Simone Galpin (1913-1973)2, he married the visual artist Marta Pan in 1952. Coming from a family of Polish aristocrats who immigrated to France in the 18th century, he entered the École nationale supérieur…

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Le CorbusierLe Corbusier · 1967
Le Corbusier
★ 10.01967
MovieDocumentary
Making a documentary on Le Corbusier is not easy, because he is undoubtedly the architect most familiar to the general public but also the most unknown. If most people know his great achievements, such as the Cité radieuse of Marseille, the pavilions of the Cité universitaire de Paris or the Tourettes convent, many are unaware of his works in Moscow, Rio de Janeiro or Chandigarh. Roy Oppenheim pays a vibrant tribute to Corbusier, dismissing the criticisms and darker facets of the character. It presents the career of this pioneering architect, as well as his thinking, the essential principle of which was aimed at the development of human beings and the balance of society. Light, space and greenery are integrated into his large futuristic cities, because according to him the eyes of the inhabitants should be drawn into the distance and not into their neighbor's bathroom.

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Le CorbusierLe Corbusier · 1967
Le Corbusier
★ 10.01967
MovieDocumentary
Making a documentary on Le Corbusier is not easy, because he is undoubtedly the architect most familiar to the general public but also the most unknown. If most people know his great achievements, such as the Cité radieuse of Marseille, the pavilions of the Cité universitaire de Paris or the Tourettes convent, many are unaware of his works in Moscow, Rio de Janeiro or Chandigarh. Roy Oppenheim pays a vibrant tribute to Corbusier, dismissing the criticisms and darker facets of the character. It presents the career of this pioneering architect, as well as his thinking, the essential principle of which was aimed at the development of human beings and the balance of society. Light, space and greenery are integrated into his large futuristic cities, because according to him the eyes of the inhabitants should be drawn into the distance and not into their neighbor's bathroom.

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