Cité Frugès de Pessac

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Cité Frugès de Pessac is a pioneering modernist housing estate in Pessac, France, designed by Le Corbusier as an experimental social and architectural project.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf housing estate
modernist housing estate
residential district
architect Le Corbusier
Pierre Jeanneret
architecturalStyle International Style
Modernism
completionDate 1926
constructionEnd 1926
constructionStart 1924
country France
department Gironde
designConcept application of Le Corbusier’s five points of architecture
mass production of housing
standardized modular housing units
developer Henry Frugès
feature colorful facades
flat roofs
pilotis in some houses
prefabricated elements
reinforced concrete structure
ribbon windows
roof terraces
standardized house types
hasTouristAttraction Maison municipale Frugès-Le Corbusier
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatus protected site in France
houseType Arcade houses
Gratte-Ciel houses
Jumelles houses
Quinconce houses
Zig-Zag houses
inception 1924
locatedIn Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED
Pessac
suburb of Bordeaux
municipality Pessac
namedAfter Henry Frugès
numberOfDwellings 50
partOf The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
purpose experimental social housing
low-cost workers’ housing
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED
restoration major restoration campaigns in late 20th century
significance early large-scale realization of Le Corbusier’s housing theories
pioneering example of modernist social housing
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2016
UNESCOSiteId 1321
use residential

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