Il voulait démolir Paris. Le monde lui a donné raison — Le Corbusier | Documentaire!

In this biographical documentary, Étienne Beaumont invites you to discover the extraordinary and contradictory life of Le Corbusier—whose real name was Charles-Édouard Jeanneret—born in 1887 in the watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and who died on August 27, 1965, on the shores of the Mediterranean in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. This episode of "Stories of Legends" retraces, in ten parts, the journey of a man without a formal degree who reinvented world architecture, redefined how we live in cities, and left behind a legacy of works inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. From his early watercolors in the Jura forests to the construction of the Chandigarh Capitol Building, by way of the white villas of the 1920s, the scandalous Voisin Plan for Paris, the Unité d'Habitation in Marseille, and the Ronchamp Chapel, this documentary explores every facet of a genius as visionary as he was elusive. Through a literary and meticulously researched narrative, this film tackles the fundamental questions posed by Le Corbusier's work: How can architecture transform human life? Where does vision end and excess begin? What is the true cost of utopia when confronted with human reality? Underlying this entire story is an intimate and universal thread—the relationship with a mother whose approval was never fully granted, and who may well have been the secret driving force behind one of the most ambitious careers of the twentieth century. This documentary is for anyone interested in the history of architecture, design, urban planning, modern art, and the great intellectual figures of the last century. It is designed to be watched like a good book—with the time, attention, and pleasure that a life as rich as Le Corbusier's deserves. Content produced and narrated by Étienne Beaumont for the Histoires de Légendes channel. © Histoires de Légendes — Étienne Beaumont. All rights reserved. Any reproduction, distribution, or use of this content, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization is strictly prohibited. #LeCorbusier #HistoiresDeLegendes #BiographicalDocumentary #ModernArchitecture #EtienneBeaumont