Reference
PA33000140
Latitude
44.799561
Longitude
-0.647802
Address
2 Rue le Corbusier 33600 Pessac
Construction era
1ère moitié 20e siècle
Protection date
2011/05/26 : inscrit MH
Protection cause
La maison en totalité (cad. CS 313) : inscription par arrêté du 26 mai 2011
Description
The Cité Frugès de Pessac is the first of the three sites symbolizing standardized habitat. In 1924, the industrialist Henri Frugès asked Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret to create two cities for workers: one in Lège, near the Arcachon basin, and the other in Pessac, on the outskirts of Bordeaux. Economic constraints push Le Corbusier to design mainly housing sets, with a few exceptions, without compromising its aesthetic standards. There are four types of houses: in staggered arches, skyscrapers and zigzag, as well as specific individual houses. The works began in 1925 and ended in 1926. The PESSAC project represents an ambitious initiative on the technical, financial, methodological and aesthetic levels.
