Architectural drawings /repositories/3/archival_objects/110220
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Apartment for Jean Badovici,
/repositories/3/archival_objects/110221
1930-1931
Scope and Contents
Gray renovated a small studio apartment at 7 rue Chateaubriand in Paris for Jean Badovici. The studio was an irregularly shaped
space, roughly 24
x 15 feet. Fresh from attending the exhibition accompanying the 1929 CIAM conference in Frankfurt focusing on minimal housing,
Gray applied the
principles of planning, multi-functionalism and storage that she had developed during the creation of E.1027 to this small
space and decorated it
with her designs. Gray was able to provide for all the varied needs of the apartment's occupant with a certain level of luxury
and comfort through
several means. She used metal mesh screens and sliding metallic curtains in curved tracks, as well as furnishings and decorative
elements to
designate separate functional spaces. She devised innovative solutions to problems created by the small size of the space,
such as concealed
drop-down stairs for access to overhead storage compartments, and she made design elements serve multiple functions. Badovici
moved into the
apartment in March 1931 and shortly thereafter Gray exhibited designs and photographs of the space in the second annual exhibition
of the Union
des Artistes Modernes (UAM), of which she was a founding member.
The drawing shows two sections.
Maison ellipse (Ellipse House),
/repositories/3/archival_objects/110222
1936
Scope and Contents
The Ellipse House ties together several threads of Gray's interests: temporary structures, experimental materials and forms,
and minimal housing.
Said to be inspired by an aluminum Airstream-like trailer, the Elliptical House was a small structure designed for workers
on remote sites,
temporary disaster housing, or even a vacation home. The advantages of the structure were its adaptability, mobility and low
cost. Prefabricated
from asbestos cement and fiberglass, it could be easily shipped on trucks and erected (and dismantled) quickly, on almost
any site with unskilled
labor since it needed only a minimal foundation. The modular units, roughly 2.5 x 3 meters in size and elliptical in section,
could be combined in
different ways. For example, a home might be comprised of three units and an added porch.
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Retouched print of plan, section and elevation /repositories/3/archival_objects/110223
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Print of detailed and dimensioned section /repositories/3/archival_objects/110224
Centre culturel et social (Cultural and Social Center),
/repositories/3/archival_objects/110225
1946-1947
Scope and Contents
Gray's Cultural and Social Center ties in with a post-war French initiative intended to encourage young people to remain in
the provinces by
providing local cultural resources. The idea of cultural decentralization, reducing the primacy of Paris especially, had first
been put forward by
the Popular Front in the mid 1930s, but it gained new life after the war when French youth seemed to be flocking to urban
centers. Like other
examples of Gray's socially progressive architecture of the 1930s and 1940s, such as the Vacation and Leisure Center, the
Workers' Club, the Child
Care Center, and the prefabricated Worker's Colony, this project aims to use architecture and public planning to help solve
problems caused by
societal and economic shifts of the period. The Center displays Gray's focus on multi-functionality on a large-scale. One
structure holds
conference rooms, galleries, a library, and a restaurant, as well as indoor and outdoor theaters.
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Print of ground floor plan /repositories/3/archival_objects/110226
First floor plan /repositories/3/archival_objects/110227
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Original drawing /repositories/3/archival_objects/110228
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Print /repositories/3/archival_objects/110229
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Second floor /repositories/3/archival_objects/110230
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Roof plan /repositories/3/archival_objects/110231
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Elevations and sections /repositories/3/archival_objects/110232
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Le Corbusier, Pavillon des temps nouveaux,
/repositories/3/archival_objects/110233
1936 December
Scope and Contents
Print with plans, elevation, sections.
Jean Badovici, Ville de Hellemmes-Lille Nord,
/repositories/3/archival_objects/110234
1946 March
Scope and Contents
Prints of drawings at various scales.
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Site plan /repositories/3/archival_objects/110235
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Plan /repositories/3/archival_objects/110236
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Street elevation and section /repositories/3/archival_objects/110237
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Garden elevation and section /repositories/3/archival_objects/110238
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Cellar and roof plans; construction details /repositories/3/archival_objects/110239