Design Matters with Mary McLeod

EVDS welcomes Professor Mary McLeod of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) to campus for the next Design Matters lecture on Wednesday, October 15. Dr. McLeod’s lecture “Le Corbusier, the New Woman, Domestic Reform” will explore the relationship between Le Corbusier’s architecture and the emergence of the New Woman in France after World War I, examining how changing gender identities and social conditions (such as women working and the so-called servant crisis) affected Le Corbusier’s vision of domestic living in the 1920s. She will address the influence of Charlotte Perriand on the atelier’s designs, as well as the role of an emerging domestic reform movement in Germany and France (especially the writings of Paulette Bernège) on Le Corbusier’s view of modern living. One theme that will be considered is the new importance that the kitchen gained in his work in the late 1920s. The Salon d’Automne apartment of 1929 will be discussed as a pivotal project. As part of her lecture, she will show a short film of 1931, Pierre Chenal’s L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, in which Le Corbusier presents three of his villas from the late 1920s. Join us at the Downtown Campus (906 8 Avenue SW) at 6:00pm. Admission is free for students, $10 for non-students. Public welcome. Date: Wednesday, October 15 Time: 6:00-7:30pm Location: University of Calgary Downtown Campus – 906 8 Avenue SW
More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/design-matters-mary-mcleod