ARCH 4200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Open Plan, Le Corbusier, Light Therapy

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Architecture Theory/History
• Course: ARCH 4200
• Professor: Lyette Fortin

Document Summary

Part 1: post world war ii reconstruction 1940-1970. Massive destrucion urgent stabilizaion/reconstrucion with no respect to accepted principles or scieniic/historical insight. No general applicable rules: light damage (integral recovery, major damage (simpliied recovery; reconstrucion, pracically destroyed (anastylosis or total reconstrucion) Cathedral (bombed by england: reconstrucion ater reuniicaion of germany (1993, reused 43% of original stone; original plans; use of modern technology. Post-war restoraion and reconstrucion approaches varied on degree of damage. Every case was unique to give sense of place. Adopted criteria immediately ater wwii regarded as aberraion. No general concept on restoraion acceptable every monument has disinct values with speciic restoraion problems. Insisted on speciic and solid base following giovannoni principles (scieniico) Legiimate to conserve all elements of history regardless of period, but need for criical choice of what to conserve: reveal hidden aestheic qualiies from insigniicant obstrucing addiions, liberaion from ugly things. Historic arguments viewed as too important arisic criteria should prevail.