Marseille's Vieux Port and buildings by Pouillon
The first modern load-bearing stone skyscraper, 2 Rue Saint-Laurent, a 16-storey apartment building in La Tourette (Marseille), designed by Fernand Pouillon

La Tourette is a housing complex in Marseille, France.[1] It is located at the Old Port of Marseille and was constructed in 1946–1953 [2] following designs by the French architect and urban planner Fernand Pouillon.[3]

Construction technology

La Tourette and Vieux-Port developments are examples of modern massive-precut stone construction, one of the recent methods in stone construction.[4][5]

La Tourette includes the first stone skyscraper, 2 Rue Saint-Laurent, a 16-storey tower made from load-bearing massive precut stone.

Design philosophy

The architect Pouillon believed that "The more modest the housing, the more monumental the architecture should be.".[6] The construction process at La Tourette was used by Pouillon to support his claim that he could "build 200 dwellings in 200 days within a budget of 200 million francs.".[7]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Regions/Drac-Provence-Alpes-Cote-d-Azur/Politique-et-actions-culturelles/Architecture-contemporaine-remarquable-en-Paca/Le-label-Architecture-contemporaine-remarquable/Les-edifices-labellises-Architecture-contemporaine-remarquable/Label-ACR-Bouches-du-Rhone/Marseille/Marseille-2e-La-Tourette-groupe-VIII
  2. ↑ https://research.tudelft.nl/en/publications/reconstructing-convention-fernand-pouillons-la-tourette-housing-p
  3. ↑ "La Tourette Marseille + Fernand Pouillon". 16 March 2019.
  4. ↑ https://www.oasejournal.nl/en/Downloads/531d957fc79eb3e80500003f/OASE%2092%20-%2042%20Reconstructing%20Convention.pdf
  5. ↑ "Gilles Perraudin : Constructing in massive stone today - les presses du réel (Book)".
  6. ↑ https://www.oasejournal.nl/en/Downloads/531d957fc79eb3e80500003f/OASE%2092%20-%2042%20Reconstructing%20Convention.pdf
  7. ↑ "Fernand Pouillon: The Future That Didn't Happen - declad".


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