Firminy-Vert Indoor Swimming Pool

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Title	Firminy-Vert Indoor Swimming Pool
Alternate Title	Piscine de Firminy-Vert
View	Looking southeast, the entrance to the swimming pool
Work Type	buildings recreation buildings indoor swimming pools
Style/Period	Modernist Modern Twentieth century
Creator Name	Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Creator Nationality	Swiss
Date.Creator Birth	1887
Date.Creator Death	1965
Contributors to Project	Andre Wogenscky (French architect, 1916-2004); Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965)
Subject.work	architecture recreation sports swimming
Country	France
City	Firminy
State/Province	Rhone-Alpes
Location.Notes	Firminy-Vert area, Rue des Carrieres
Architectural Material	concrete; glass; steel
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1969-1971 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	4/20/2009
Subject Information	Le Corbusier was commissioned by Eugene 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 Unite, 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. Andre Wogenscky worked with Le Corbusier as early as 1945, when they proposed a design for the rebuilding of the town of Saint-Die, 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.
Information.source	Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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