Le Corbusier
Architecture Poster Design
Le Corbusier first expressed his ideas about architecture in the Journal “L’Esprit nouveau.” In his book, “Towards a New Architecture,” Le Corbusier states that “the purpose of engineering is to create structures; the purpose of architecture is to create emotions. Architectural emotions arises when a work strikes a chord within us that harmonizes with universal laws we recognize, submit to, and admire. When certain proportions are established, the work takes hold of us. One of Corbusier’s projects The Citrohan House displays five characteristics by which his conception of what was modern in architecture: pillars supporting the structure; a roof terrace; open floor plan; a facade free of ornamentation; and windows in strips. Those five characteristics are later formalized as the Five Points of Modern Architecture.
With the notions and characteristics of his architectural designs, I hoped to create and capture those ideas and portray them typographically through a denotative and connotative poster. The main typeface that is used throughout the two posters is Glypha. Glypha, especially the lighter weights, looks very pillar like due its horizontal and vertical slabs. Therefore the denotative poster portrays a structure that is being supported by blocks of pillars. While as the connotative poster has more of a 3-D perspective to resemble all of the five characteristics of The Citrohan House.
