Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne

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Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne was an influential 20th-century international organization of modernist architects that shaped and promoted the principles of modern architecture and urbanism worldwide.

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instanceOf architectural organization
international organization
modernist movement organization
professional association of architects
aim to coordinate international modernist architects
to develop principles of functionalist urbanism
to promote modern architecture
countryOfOrigin Switzerland
dissolutionCause internal disagreements over direction of modernism
dissolved 1959
fieldOfWork architectural theory
city planning
modern architecture
urban planning
urbanism
foundingEvent La Sarraz Congress
hasMember Alison Smithson
Cornelis van Eesteren
Ernst May
Hannes Meyer
Josep Lluís Sert
Le Corbusier
Peter Smithson
Sigfried Giedion
Walter Gropius
hasPart Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
surface form: CIAM congresses

national CIAM groups
headquartersLocation La Sarraz, Switzerland
inception 1928
influenced development of the International Style
postwar urban planning in Europe
public housing policies in the mid-20th century
influencedBy Bauhaus
European avant-garde movements
legacy inspired formation of Team 10
shaped discourse on modernist urbanism worldwide
locationOfFormation La Sarraz, Switzerland
movement International Style
Modernism
nativeLabel Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-link
nativeLanguage French
notableIdea functional city
high-density high-rise housing in open green space
separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
zoning of urban functions
notableMeeting La Sarraz Congress
surface form: CIAM I, La Sarraz 1928

Athens Charter on functional city planning
surface form: CIAM IV, Athens 1933

Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
surface form: CIAM IX, Aix-en-Provence 1953

Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
surface form: CIAM VIII, Hoddesdon 1951

Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
surface form: CIAM X, Dubrovnik 1956
notableWork Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
surface form: Athens Charter
organizes debates on urbanism
international architecture congresses
shortName Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
surface form: CIAM
significantText Athens Charter on functional city planning
CIAM declarations on modern architecture

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Le Corbusier coFounded Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
Le Corbusier memberOf Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne shortName Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CIAM
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne nativeLabel Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-link
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne notableWork Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Athens Charter
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne hasPart Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CIAM congresses
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne notableMeeting Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CIAM VIII, Hoddesdon 1951
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne notableMeeting Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CIAM IX, Aix-en-Provence 1953
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne notableMeeting Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CIAM X, Dubrovnik 1956
La Ville Radieuse influenced Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
this entity surface form: CIAM urbanism
La Ville Radieuse relatedTo Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
this entity surface form: CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne)
Cornelis van Eesteren memberOf Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
La Sarraz Congress resultedIn Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
La Sarraz Congress resultedIn Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
this entity surface form: CIAM
La Sarraz Congress followedBy Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
this entity surface form: CIAM I (1929, La Sarraz)
Metabolism influencedBy Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
this entity surface form: CIAM
Sigfried Giedion memberOf Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
Josep Lluís Sert memberOf Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
this entity surface form: CIAM
Metabolism (architecture) influencedBy Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
this entity surface form: CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne)
van Eesteren memberOf Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
subject surface form: Cornelis van Eesteren
Gabriel Guevrekian memberOf Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
Charter of Athens associatedWith Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
Josep Lluís memberOf Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
subject surface form: Josep Lluís Sert