Firminy-Vert Indoor Swimming Pool (Firminy, France) : Looking east from Chemin de sous Marquant, entrance to swimming pool
- Creator:
- Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
- Published/Created:
- Firminy-Vert area, Rue des Carrières, Firminy, Rhône-Alpes, France
1969-1971 - Date Depicted:
- 2009
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- concrete
glass
steel - Notes:
- Le Corbusier was commissioned by Eugène Claudius-Petit, who became mayor of Firminy in 1953, to design a central ‘agora’ including a sports stadium, cultural centre and church, as well as the Unité, which he organized as an ensemble around the bowl of an abandoned quarry. The ensemble was called "Firminy Vert' (Green Firminy) to mark a new beginning for what had been "Firminy Noir" (Black Firminy), a coal-mining town. André Wogenscky worked with Le Corbusier as early as 1945, when they proposed a design for the rebuilding of the town of Saint-Dié, France, which had been destroyed in 1944. He continued to work with Le Corbusier until the latter's death in 1965, becoming the Firminy Vert project manager at that point. Although a swimming pool had been part of the original design, it was solely executed by Wogenscky.
- Variant Titles:
- Piscine de Firminy-Vert
- Topics:
- Architecture -- France -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Modern
Modernist
Twentieth century - Culture:
- French
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-LC-FV-P-A3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architecture; recreation; sports; swimming buildings; recreation buildings; indoor swimming pools
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Six
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2009 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4125
- OID:
- 10075010
- PID:
- digcoll:1811750