Georges-Henri Pingusson

Georges-Henri Pingusson (born with Clermont-Ferrand on July 26th, 1894, died with Paris on October 22nd, 1978) is a French architect and engineer, town planner and teacher.

Biography

After its diploma for the occupation of engineer obtained with the University of mechanics and electricity in 1913 and the war of 1914-1918, he studies the architecture of 1919 to 1925 in the workshops of Gustave Umbdenstock and Paul Tournon with the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of the fine arts of Paris.

He starts his career by carrying out a rather traditional balneal architecture. But in the years 1930, it changes optics brutally and turns to the modern movement. It takes part in the Union of the modern Artists (UAM) at the sides of Robert Mallet-Stevens, Tony Garnier, Le Corbusier, Auguste Perret, Marcel Lods, André Lurçat, Jean Prouvé, etc It enters in addition to the editorial board of the review Architecture Today .

Architect as a chief of the rebuilding of the the Saar of 1945 to 1950 then department of the the Moselle (of 1946 to 1957), it takes part in the plans of Urbanisme of Saarbrucken, Metz, Sarreguemines and Briey (with Le Corbusier which carries out a housing unit there). He carries out in Lorraine a great number of residences but also of churches.

Its chief of work is without question the memorial of the martyrs of the deportation located at the end of the Ile from the City in Paris.

He teaches as a foreman to the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of the fine arts of Paris then at the school of architecture of Nanterre.

Its last project, of which it could not see completion (it dies in 82 years during the course of the studies), is the construction of a whole of social housing in a portion of rampart of an old village strengthened with Grillon (Vaucluse).

Principal achievements

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