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Tue, April 28, 2026, 7 pm<\/p>\n
Lecture \u201cLe Corbusier \u2013 The Cit\u00e9 Frug\u00e8s Housing Estate, 1924\u20131926\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n an event as part of the 22nd French Weeks 2026<\/a><\/p>\n In Pessac, right next to Bordeaux, Le Corbusier built an experimental housing estate with 51 houses, one of the world’s first workers’ housing estates in the International Style.<\/strong><\/p>\n From 1924 to 1927, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret built an experimental housing estate with 51 mostly brightly painted residential units in Pessac, France, located right next to Bordeaux. The client was sugar manufacturer Henry Frug\u00e8s. The estate was an early testing ground for standardized and cost-effective construction. Based on one<\/em> uniform module, Le Corbusier created five different types of houses in the Cit\u00e9 Frug\u00e8s. The project is an ambitious and unique experiment in the history of residential construction in aesthetic, technical and social terms.<\/p>\n Architectural historian Dr. Paola Scaramuzza<\/strong> (\u00c9NSA Versailles, A-BIME), who has studied the settlement in depth, will present the Cit\u00e9 Frug\u00e8s in her lecture, focusing in particular on its colorfulness and later history.<\/p>\n Cit\u00e9 Frug\u00e8s<\/a> has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016.<\/strong> It is part of the serial site \u201cThe Architectural Work of Le Corbusier: An Exceptional Contribution to Modernism\u201d. This includes 17 building ensembles worldwide, most of them in France. In Germany, the two houses designed by Le Corbusier in the Weissenhof estate in Stuttgart are part of the World Heritage Site. 2026 will mark the 10th anniversary of the UNESCO inscription. This success was achieved through intensive German-French cooperation.<\/p>\n The lecture (45 Min.) will be held in French and summarized verbally in German at regular intervals.<\/strong> Before the lecture, feel free to visit Le Corbusier’s semi-detached house in the Weissenhof Estate, which houses the Weissenhof Museum<\/strong>. The museum is open until 6 pm. The Weissenhof Workshop in the Mies van der Rohe House is just a few steps away.<\/p>\n Speaker<\/strong> Location<\/strong> Free admission<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Photos:
\nDr. Paola Scaramuzza
\n(\u00c9cole Nationale d’architectures de Versailles (\u00c9NSA Versailles)<\/a>, A-BIME<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nWeissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House
\n(Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart)<\/p>\n
\nDr. Paola Scaramuzza (\u00a9 Paola Scaramuzza\/Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier)
\nCit\u00e9 Frug\u00e8s (\u00a9 Paola Scaramuzza\/Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier)
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