How Much House? Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin
28/12/2019.
Gustavo Gili. A book by Urs Peter Flueckiger
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How much house do we need? It is an always ambiguous question, not always easy to answer and often instrumentally demagogically.
In this case the book edited by Gustavo Gili, ends its introduction with a phrase also controversial: How much house? It is a critical contribution to the reflection on the increasing size of the houses.
In this case the book edited by Gustavo Gili, ends its introduction with a phrase also controversial: How much house? It is a critical contribution to the reflection on the increasing size of the houses.
Interior pages. How Much House? Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin teriores. ¿Cuánta casa necesitamos? Thoreau, Le Corbusier y la cabaña sostenible.res. ¿Cuánta casa necesitamos? Thoreau, Le Corbusier y la cabaña sostenible.
The cabin was near Walden Pond, Massachusetts, and was built in 1845. The writer, poet and naturalist Henry David Thoreau lived there for two years, two months and two days.
Thoreau cabin. View to the north of the cabin. It cost him $ 28 and 12.55 cents.
e Cabanon by Le Corbusier was a gift to his wife in 1952. The small wooden abode is in the Côte d'Azur, region from which she, Yvonne, came from and worshiped.
North view. The marriage came to spend the summer holidays, and led an austere life during those periods of time.
The sustainable cabin
This is a project by students of the School of Architecture of Texas Tech University and their professor, Urs Peter Flueckiger, author of the book.
Interior pages. How Much House? Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin riores. ¿Cuánta casa necesitamos? Thoreau, Le Corbusier y la cabaña sostenible.
Interior pages. How Much House? Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin
Interior pages. How Much House? Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin
Interior pages. How Much House? Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin
Interior page. How Much House? Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin
Backcover and Cover. How Much House? Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin
The book makes a highly recommended tour of three houses or minimum dwellings. Starting with the cabin of writer, poet and naturalist Henry David Thoreau in the mid-19th century (between 184 and 1847), located in Walden Pond northwest of Boston. The cabin that cost $28 and of which there are no remains (there is a replica), about 3 meters by more than 4m.
The second cabin is built a century later in 1952 by Le Corbusier, the Cabanon, with very similar and also very precise dimensions of 3.66 meters by 4.36 meters. A gift for his wife in a very special place on the Côte d'Azur, Cap Martí, France and a few meters from the controversial house E1027.
Taking as reference the lessons learned from the analysis of these two cabins, the students of the Texas Tech University School of Architecture and their professor, Urs Peter Flueckiger, designed an ecological and economic cabin, with the same parameters uses to built by Thoreau and Le Corbusier (I dare not say with the same spirit). "This book explores three minimum housing solutions and their project approaches," says Flueckiger himself in the introduction, "through drawings and photographs, the book reveals striking similarities between the three projects."
The second cabin is built a century later in 1952 by Le Corbusier, the Cabanon, with very similar and also very precise dimensions of 3.66 meters by 4.36 meters. A gift for his wife in a very special place on the Côte d'Azur, Cap Martí, France and a few meters from the controversial house E1027.
Taking as reference the lessons learned from the analysis of these two cabins, the students of the Texas Tech University School of Architecture and their professor, Urs Peter Flueckiger, designed an ecological and economic cabin, with the same parameters uses to built by Thoreau and Le Corbusier (I dare not say with the same spirit). "This book explores three minimum housing solutions and their project approaches," says Flueckiger himself in the introduction, "through drawings and photographs, the book reveals striking similarities between the three projects."
The space we live in, reduced to a minimum, has been fascinating us for generations.
The writer Thoreau lived in a self-built hut in the forest from 1845 – 1847. In 1952, Le Corbusier built a hut at the Cote d‘Azur for himself and his wife. Inspired by this, Urs Peter Flückiger, built with his students, an ecologically and economically sustainable cabin in the Texan prairie. All 3 projects share the idea of minimal space and its relationship with the surrounding nature. In text, drawings, and photographs, this book analyses the three projects and shows parallels and similarities.
Inspired by Tolstoy’s story How much earth does man need?, the author asks: "How much house does a person need?", thereby providing a pointed contribution to the current discussion on the requirement for housing.
The writer Thoreau lived in a self-built hut in the forest from 1845 – 1847. In 1952, Le Corbusier built a hut at the Cote d‘Azur for himself and his wife. Inspired by this, Urs Peter Flückiger, built with his students, an ecologically and economically sustainable cabin in the Texan prairie. All 3 projects share the idea of minimal space and its relationship with the surrounding nature. In text, drawings, and photographs, this book analyses the three projects and shows parallels and similarities.
Inspired by Tolstoy’s story How much earth does man need?, the author asks: "How much house does a person need?", thereby providing a pointed contribution to the current discussion on the requirement for housing.
More information
Author
Urs Peter Flueckiger
Translation
Susana Landrove Bossut
Measures / Pages
Size.- 14 x 19 cm. Number of pages.- 112.
Language
Spanish
ISBN/EAN
9788425231858
Binding
Hard cover.
Year of publication
2019
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