Cité Frugès de Pessac

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housing estate modernist housing estate residential district

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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