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Le Corbusier

Philips Pavilion, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 (Demolished in 1959)

Photo: Herbert F. Behrens / Anefo (Source)

"I won't make you a pavilion with facades. I'll make you an electronic poem and the bottle that will contain it." ― Le Corbusier

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iannis xenakis' sketches for the philips pavilion and its execution for the 1958 world's fair in brussels

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Philips Pavilion - Xenakis / Le Corbusier / Varèse - T Shirt 

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Philips Pavilion by Iannis Xenakis and Le Corbusier

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Iannis Xenakis, Pavillon Philips - Atelier Le Corbusier, World Expo 58 (Bruxelles)

Première maquette

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Iannis Xenakis, Concret PH

@ Philips Pavilion, 1958, Le Corbusier

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Iannis Xenakis

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“In reality, an artist is a theoretician, a manipulator and creator of forms in movement. Seen from the point of view of art, all our knowledge and our actions are but aesthetic expressions of forms and their transformations.”

--Iannis Xenakis

Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001), a pioneer in the post-war avant-garde music, was also known as an engineer and an architect. During his 12-year tenure at Le Corbusier’s atelier, Xenakis was stimulated and inspired by modernist ideas. Gradually drawing became the conduit to developing his creative ideas. His knowledge of architectural structures and mathematical theories also led him into the innovative music world. In 1958, Xenakis designed the iconic Philips Pavilion for the Brussels World’s Fair. The volumetric design of the building inspired him to create his most significant orchestra piece Metastaseis. Xenakis was always thinking with his hands. He imbued his musical scores with his three-dimensional sense of space.

In 2001, the exhibition Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary explored the fundamental role of drawing in the work of Greek avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis. Comprised of nearly 100 documents created between 1953 and 1984, this was the first North American exhibition dedicated to Xenakis’s original works on paper. Included were rarely-seen hand-rendered scores, architectural drawings, conceptual renderings, pre-compositional sketches, and graphic scores.

Images:

Iannis Xenakis, Study for Metastaseis, 1954 Ink on paper. Iannis Xenakis Archives, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Iannis Xenakis, Study for Terretektorh, c. 1965-66. Colored pencil on paper. Iannis Xenakis Archives, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. 

Iannis Xenakis, Cité de la Musique (aerial perspective and elevation), 1984. Ink on vellum. Iannis Xenakis Archives, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

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