Jean Renaudie

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Jean Renaudie was a French architect known for his radical, geometric social housing projects and influential role in postwar modernist architecture.

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instanceOf French architect
architect
human
architecturalStyle complex, angular forms
integration of terraces and gardens
non-orthogonal geometry
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1925-06-08
dateOfDeath 1981-10-13
educatedAt École des Beaux-Arts
surface form: École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
employer Atelier d’urbanisme et d’architecture (AUA)
fieldOfWork architecture
social housing
urban planning
genre social housing architecture
hasWorkCharacteristic emphasis on individuality of dwellings
integration of public spaces into housing complexes
polygonal and star-shaped plans
use of concrete
influenced contemporary French social housing design
postwar European housing architecture
influencedBy Le Corbusier
knownFor complex floor plans
interlocking apartments
mixing commercial and residential functions
rejection of standardized housing blocks
rooftop gardens
memberOf Atelier d’urbanisme et d’architecture (AUA)
movement brutalism
modern architecture
postwar modernism
structuralism in architecture
nativeLanguage French
notableFor geometric housing complexes
radical social housing projects
urban renewal projects in Ivry-sur-Seine
notableWork Centre Jeanne-Hachette, Ivry-sur-Seine
Housing complex in Givors
Résidence Danielle-Casanova, Ivry-sur-Seine
Résidence Jeanne-Hachette, Ivry-sur-Seine
Résidence Le Liégat, Ivry-sur-Seine
Urban renewal projects in Ivry-sur-Seine town center
occupation architect
placeOfBirth La Meute, France
placeOfDeath Ivry-sur-Seine
surface form: Ivry-sur-Seine, France
sexOrGender male
workLocation Ivry-sur-Seine
surface form: Ivry-sur-Seine, France

Paris
surface form: Paris, France

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