La Maison Blanche du Corbusier (partie 1)
La Maison Blanche du Corbusier (partie 2)
[Wikipedia] Villa Schwob
Villa Schwob also Villa Turque is a house located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland designed by noted architect Le Corbusier. It was commissioned in 1912 by the watchmaker Anatole Schwob, and completed in 1916. In 1986, this early masterpiece of Le Corbusier has been acquired by the group Ebel for its 75th anniversary to serve both as a reminder of its core values and as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the brand.
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Vue panoramique depuis la Tour Espacité - La Chaux-de-Fonds (Neuchâtel)
Vue panoramique depuis la Tour Espacité - La Chaux-de-Fonds (Neuchâtel)
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Watchmaking Tourism Saga - La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle Region
Welcome to the 3rd episode of our watchmaking tourism saga. Today we’re in La Chaux-de-Fonds and its surrounding area, a region where many brands and many suppliers of the watchmaking industry are located. We’ll start with a little focus on the city, which is one of the largest at this altitude in Europe at 1,000 meters with a population of approximately 40,000 people. And at 40,000 it is the 3rd largest French-speaking city in Switzerland, which gives you a bit of perspective on the size of this country…
We often laugh among ourselves concerning the very special weather that people endure here: statistically speaking, there are 150 days per year with sub-zero temperatures and snow is regularly part of the picture! At the same time, this city benefits from quite sunny conditions as it is located above the layer of clouds often found in other parts of Switzerland.
But let’s go back to the watchmaking dimension of this region because it has really played an important role in the development of this industry and continues to do so.
Following on what we showed you that happened in Geneva and the Vallée de Joux and the importance of immigration of French protestant craftsmen, the same can be said as having taken place in these valleys. Watchmaking occupied a lot of farmers during the harsh winter periods during the 17th and 18th centuries. But as this industry grew, so did the rationalisation of fabrication methods, and people started to specialise in the different skills required to produce a full watch. The notion of a web and network of connected suppliers emerged, a principle that prevailed for a long time before the current verticalisation that we see today among the power houses of watchmaking.
Big drama took place in 1794 with a massive fire destroying almost all of La Chaux-de-Fonds. Watchmaking being already a big economic driver, rebuilding the city was seen as an opportunity and a very clever and comprehensive approach to make it as efficient as possible to support the development of the industry that followed. A grid approach was adopted for the streets in order to optimise circulation from one supplier to the next, and streets were made larger than what they had previously been. This helped with snow shovelling, but also with the simple fact that buildings would not cast shadows upon each other, light being so important for watchmakers to be able to see what they are doing!
But the reconstruction didn’t stop at these architectural parameters, and the social dimension was also greatly taken into consideration. Interactions between different social classes were also highly encouraged, as these new buildings would house not only workshops, but also their workers and bosses in the same units. Small gardens in front of houses let people grown their own vegetables, for instance, very similar to the concepts of urban farming that we are talking about today.
The cultural offering was also totally remarkable and of great quality, boasting theatres, concert halls with outstanding acoustics, and conference auditoriums. And the successful watchmakers themselves directly sponsored much of this infrastructure and the cultural performances. All this created a greater sense of solidarity, and the city as a whole was portrayed as a huge factory town, even described as an example by Karl Marx!
The basis of watchmaking industrialisation was set, and by the end of the 19th century almost half of the world’s watch production came out of this region.
The sister city of La Chaux-de-Fonds is called Le Locle, also built using the same grid principle, and between them one can say that they were at the epicentre of Swiss watch production until the 1980s, before the quartz revolution made a massive impact on mechanical watchmaking.
Because of all these very special urban features, La Chaux-de-Fond and Le Locle have been listed as a World Heritage Site of UNECSO, and I can guarantee you that people here are super proud of that.
Among some important people outside of watchmaking originating from La Chaux-de-Fonds, I would like to mention architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, whose first works can be found here – well before other major projects in other parts of the world where the notion of collective architecture took on a special meaning. I would also like to mention Louis Chevrolet, founder of the Chevrolet Motor Company. This probably presents quite a surprise, but he must have taken some of this industrial and well planned background to the US.
If you come to visit this region, you should know there are 2 important watch museums, the International Watch Museum of La Chaux-de-Fonds hosting one of the biggest watch collections on display in the world, and the Museum des Monts just above Le Locle, which also has some very interesting pieces on exhibition.
Découvres les moulins souterrains du col des roches au Locle
A la frontière entre France et Suisse, le site du col des roches abrite des moulins installés dans la roche depuis le 17e siècle.
Avec
Caroline Calame
Conservatrice des Moulins souterrains
Paul Jambé
Membre de la fondation des Moulins souterrains du Col des Roches
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Pavillon Le Corbusier in Zürich, Switzerland
The Pavillon Le Corbusier in Zürich (Switzerland) is the last building designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier and his only building made of steel and glass. The Pavillon Le Corbusier exists thanks to the lifelong commitment of the interior designer, gallery owner and patron Heidi Weber. She convinced Le Corbusier to design this museum building in 1960, financed its construction, and brought the project to completion. The pavilion opened on 15 July 1967 as the Centre Le Corbusier – Heidi Weber Museum. Heidi Weber directed and curated the museum for 50 years. During this period, she organized numerous exhibitions to convey Le Corbusier’s work and ideas as a total work of art to a broad public. Since 2019, and after extensive renovation, the listed Pavillon Le Corbusier is operated by the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich on behalf of the City of Zurich. This video provides you with a walk-through of the building and an interview with the Head of Pavillon Le Corbusier, Simon Marius Zehnder.
Pavillon Le Corbusier in Zürich, Switzerland. Interview with Simon Marius Zehnder, Head of Pavillon Le Corbusier, July 10, 2019. (Excerpt. Complete video at
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Neuchâtel projection sur le Numa-Droz
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Aragoneses por el Mundo - La Chaux de Fonds (Suiza)
César es un chef turolense que trabaja en una ciudad patrimonio de la humanidad. En la Chaux de Fonds conoceremos también la primera casa que diseñó el padre de la arquitectura moderna, Le Corbusier. Y veremos cómo se fabrica uno de los licores más famosos del país, la absenta
Poste 1 - Place de la Gare
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LE JEU SAVANT.....
LA VILLA TURQUE à La Chaux-de-Fonds du CORBUSIER (1917)
Le Jeu savant.......«L'architecture est le jeu savant, correct et magnifique des volumes assemblés
sous la lumière « Nos yeux sont faits pour voir les formes sous la lumière; les
ombres et les clairs révèlent les formes; les cubes, les cônes, les sphères, les
cylindres ou les pyramides sont les grandes formes primaires que la lumière
révèle bien; l'image nous en est nette et tangible, sans ambiguïté. C'est pour
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d'accord en cela, l'enfant, le sauvage et le métaphysicien. C'est la condition
même des arts plastiques.»
Le Corbusier, Vers une architecture, Crès, Paris, 1923
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Tour de Romandie 2016: Bande annonce
Les 26 et 27 avril 2016, le monde du cyclisme aura les yeux rivés sur La Chaux-de-Fonds, qui accueillera le 70e Tour de Romandie, avec un prologue et le départ de la première étape. Du beau spectacle au rendez-vous!
GMT con Stephen Forsey - Cómo se hizo
Visitamos a Stephen Forsey, co-fundador de Greubel Forsey, para el artículo GMT que aparece en el número 71 de Tiempo de Relojes. Descubrimos lugares sorprendentes en el valle de la relojería suiza, además de la sede Greubel Forsey. Gracias a Stephen por su paciencia,sus enseñanzas ¡y por mantenernos a cubierto del invierno suizo!
GMT: Rebecca Doulton
Fotógrafa: Luana Fischer
Gracias a Angela Landone, PR de Greubel Forsey, que organizó todo el evento.
C.Soleil sur RCF pour Le Corbusier : l'idée et la matière (De la Chaux-de-Fonds à Firminy)
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Nous avons le plaisir de vous faire partager cette séquence diffusée sur RCF, dans laquelle Christian Soleil est interviewé lors de l'émission Carte Blanche afin de présenter son ouvrage Le Corbusier : l'idée et la matière (De la Chaux-de-Fonds à Firminy).
Résumé de l'ouvrage :
« Le Corbusier : le nom claque comme une bannière dans le vent au panthéon des architectes du XXe siècle.
Est-il le plus grand ? Le plus populaire ? Le plus novateur ? Quelle importance ! Sa notoriété le place indubitablement au sommet. Comme de nombreux artistes, et sans doute plus fortement que beaucoup d'entre eux, Le Corbusier est controversé. L'un des plus admirés, il est aussi l'un des plus critiqués, souvent à tort, c'est-à-dire moins pour son œuvre que pour son influence historique prédominante sur l'architecture de son époque. »
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