The 35 S. Le Corbusier's Studio

On September 18, 1924, Le Corbusier moved to 35, rue de Sèvres, in Paris, at first floor of the disused wing of a convent occupied by Jesuits. There benefits from "the provision of very important walls for the study of drawings ", to complete its New Spirit pavilion at the International Exhibition of modern decorative and industrial arts of 1925. The most emblematic of 20th century architects remained there for forty years, until his death in 1965. Forty years during which this 40 m long corridor will parade, 3.50 m wide and 4 m high, more than two hundred architects from a forty countries, first and foremost Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, Iannis Xenakis, Josep Lluis Sert, André Wogenscky, Roger Aujame, José Oubrerie, Junzo Sakakura… Drawing on partly unpublished iconography and testimonies from former collaborators, this work traces in detail the life of this emblematic place, from its birth to its destruction. It restores, thanks to period photographs, Le Corbusier's numerous rearrangements, such as the creation of his 6 square meter studiolo in which he experimented with great principles of its architecture. He also returns to the incredible human adventure of the 35 S and paints the portrait of a man inhabited by his art – architecture, like painting – its ideas and its projects.