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The making of architectural promenade: Villa Savoye and Schminke House

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2012

Flora Samuel  and
Peter Blundell Jones
Flora Samuel
Affiliation:
School of Architecture, The University of Sheffield, The Arts Tower, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 [email protected]
Peter Blundell Jones
Affiliation:
School of Architecture, The University of Sheffield, The Arts Tower, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 [email protected]
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The term ‘architectural promenade’ has become a part of the language of modern architecture, yet it has been little discussed or investigated. We find it insufficient as a generic term to express a concern with the experience of moving through a building, for the promenade can mean different things to different people. To illustrate this point we make a comparison of the promenade in the Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier – perhaps the promenade par excellence – and that of the almost contemporary Schminke House by Hans Scharoun. We have found many distinct differences. The emphasis in this essay is on the meaning and manipulation of space, something of deep concern to both architects and a topic that each of us has explored separately elsewhere.

Type
criticism
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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 108 - 124
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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