Andre Wogenscky

André Wogenscky was a French architect, disciple of Le Corbusier. He was born the June 3rd 1916 with Remiremont (the Vosges), and died the August 5th 2004 with Saint-Rémy-the-Chevreuse (Yvelines).

Biography

Resulting from a family of immigrant Polish aristocrats in France at the XVIIIe century, it enters in 1934 to the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of the fine arts. From 1936 to 1956, it is successively raises, assistant, foreman and assistant architect of Le Corbusier. It takes part in Ascoral during the Second world war. He teaches then at the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of architecture of Brussels of 1956 to 1965.

He creates his own workshop in 1956 and is named architect as a chief of the civil buildings and national palates in 1966. He answers important public orders (hospital in Paris, prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine, Maison of the Culture with Grenoble,…) and also built with the Lebanon and the Japan.

He marries the artist plastician Marta Pan in 1950.

He obtains the national Grand Prix of architecture in 1989. In 1998, he is elected member of the academy of the fine arts. There will remain president of the Fondation Le Corbusier of 1971 with 1988.

Principal achievements

In collaboration with Le Corbusier

1945-1952: radiant City of Marseilles
1948: Manufacture Claude-and-Duval with Saint-Dié (the Vosges)
1952-1956: Housing unit of Rezé
1955: Housing unit of Briey (Meurthe-et-Moselle)
1956: school restaurant with Marçon (the Sarthe)

independent Architect

1952: dwelling house of the architect and workshop of sculpture of its wife with Saint-Rémy-the-Chevreuse (Yvelines)
1959-1960: house of holidays " Chupin" villa; with Saint-Brévin-the-Pines
1960: hearth of young Clairevive workers to Saint-Etienne
1960: together of residences " Castle sec" with Marseilles (664 residences)
1963: university hospital Saint-Anthony in the 12th district of Paris
1964-1974: International center of youth and Youth club and arts center Marquisats with Annecy
1964-1968: series of markets of sports in collaboration with Louis Miquel and Georges Maurios in Amiens, Bagneux, Brunnstatt, Dinard, Houlgate, Lille, Mason, Marseilles, Mulhouse, Nantes, Orleans, Strasbourg, Wattignies
1965-1968: Swimming pool of Firminy-Green (the Loire) (begun again project of Corbusier)
1965: Ministry for the National defense of the Lebanon to Beirut, in Hindi collaboration with Maurice
1965: youth club and arts center (MJC) of the valley of Chevreuse with Bore-hole-on-Yvette (the Essonne)
1966: university hospital Hospital Necker in the 15th district of Paris
1966: center industrial SNECMA with Corbeil-Essonnes
1967: House of the Culture with Grenoble
1968-1972: Station the RER Auber in the 9th district of Paris
1968-1973: Prefecture and Law courts of the Hauts-de-Seine to Nanterre
1968: Lebanese university with Beirut, in Hindi collaboration with Maurice
1971: hotel Holliday' S In and Holy Charles City Center with Beirut, in Hindi collaboration with Maurice
1975: vacation center economic with the Guard-Freinet (VAr), in collaboration with Alain Amédéo
1980: hospital of Corbeil-Essonnes, in collaboration with C. Torch, Mr. Picault, P. Lagard
1975-1982: together of residences “Salamander” with Firminy (the Loire), in collaboration with A. Amédéo (2000 residences)
1981: hospital and center médico-sportsman with Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), in collaboration with the GIAAW
1986-1994: University of Arts of Takarazuka (Japan)
1987: National research institute and of Safety of New-Houses, in collaboration with R. Anxionat and D. Lecomte
1995: Hibarigaoka building with Takarazuka (Japan)

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