Charlotte Perriand: An architect in the mountains.
Folio| N° d'inventaire | 26222 |
| Format | 23.5 x 31 |
| Détails | 396 p., illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782376660606 |
Architect, urban planner, designer, Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) put her visionary genius at the service of mountain development, from Saint-Nicolas-de Véroce to Méribel, from the Belleville valley to Les Arcs in Savoie via China.
Combining her passion for the mountains with her professional activity, most of Charlotte Perriand's pre-war architectural projects were linked to the practice of skiing and mountaineering. Before the advent of paid holidays, she specialized in prefabricated housing for leisure activities, in order to make them accessible to as many people as possible. A pioneer of bioclimatic architecture, she developed green roofs and prefabricated buildings using locally sourced materials and local know-how combined with a modern approach.
From 1967 to 1989, she devoted her time to the creation of the Arc 1600 and Arc 1800 resorts, one of the largest ski areas in France, under the supervision of the developer Roger Godino. This was the first time in the history of architecture that a woman led a team of architects responsible for the construction of 25,000 beds. In addition to the interior design of all the homes, she determined the urban planning choices for the two resorts and the architecture of most of the buildings, in collaboration with Gaston Regairaz and Bernard Taillefer for Arc 1800. For more than twenty years, she devoted herself to designing this winter and summer leisure area to share her love of the mountains and nature with city dwellers from all over the world.
Architect, urban planner, designer, Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) put her visionary genius at the service of mountain development, from Saint-Nicolas-de Véroce to Méribel, from the Belleville valley to Les Arcs in Savoie via China.
Combining her passion for the mountains with her professional activity, most of Charlotte Perriand's pre-war architectural projects were linked to the practice of skiing and mountaineering. Before the advent of paid holidays, she specialized in prefabricated housing for leisure activities, in order to make them accessible to as many people as possible. A pioneer of bioclimatic architecture, she developed green roofs and prefabricated buildings using locally sourced materials and local know-how combined with a modern approach.
From 1967 to 1989, she devoted her time to the creation of the Arc 1600 and Arc 1800 resorts, one of the largest ski areas in France, under the supervision of the developer Roger Godino. This was the first time in the history of architecture that a woman led a team of architects responsible for the construction of 25,000 beds. In addition to the interior design of all the homes, she determined the urban planning choices for the two resorts and the architecture of most of the buildings, in collaboration with Gaston Regairaz and Bernard Taillefer for Arc 1800. For more than twenty years, she devoted herself to designing this winter and summer leisure area to share her love of the mountains and nature with city dwellers from all over the world.