Villa Chimanbhai: Cut-outs of floor plan showing changes in room sizes

People:

Atelier Le Corbusier (draughtsman)
Le Corbusier (architect)
Le Corbusier (draughtsman)
Chinubhai Chimanbhai (client)

Title:

Villa Chimanbhai: Cut-outs of floor plan showing changes in room sizes

Date:

before 26 April 1954

Description:

- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.

Form:
graphic materials

Quantity / Object type:
18 ephemera(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawings (proposals)

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink

Dimensions:

sheets (range [largest]): 5,7 to 18,1 x 11,4 to 23,8 cm

Reference number:

DR1990:0022:005-022

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Objects DR1990:0022:005 - DR1990:0022:015 are single cut-outs, some of which may have been paired with adhesive tape, while DR1990:0022:0016 - DR1990:0022:022 are pairs, one blue cut-out stapled to one yellow cut-out. Most cut-outs are rectangular in shape, but some are irregular. The cut-outs, along with the other items of DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:026 were received in a brown envelope dated 29/12/53 and addressed to Mr. Chimanbhai.

Inscription:

inscribed - on DR1990:0022:005 - DR1990:0022:015, possibly by the architect, in pen and brown ink: all cut-outs are titled with room names, some have dimensions with the notation "as asked", one has area and plan references inscribed, signed and dated - possibly by the architect, in pen and brown ink, on cut-outs DR1990:0022:016 - DR1990:0022:022, the following on DR1990:0022:016 being typical, on the blue cut-out, u.c. to c.: "Niveau 2 / Son's bed Room. / as per final project / by Le Corbusier. / ACC. (4904) / 17-1-54 / 43.40 m2"; and on yellow cut-out, c.r.: "Niveau 2"; c.: "Sons Bed Room / as asked in the programme"; and l.c.: "46.48 m2 (including bath & / dressing) / by Mr. Chinubhai. (1-4-54)"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

bedrooms
office
dining room
porch
studio (work space)
salon

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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