Theory
The Five Points / The Free Plan
Explore in the Atlas →Le Corbusier's manifesto of five elements for a new architecture enabled by reinforced concrete — pilotis, the free plan, the free façade, the horizontal ribbon window, and the roof garden — of which the free plan (plan libre) liberates internal partitioning from the load-bearing structure.
Dwelling Production
Details
- Introduced
- 1920s
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- opposes Raumplan
Referenced by
- Poché opposes
- Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal relates to
- The Architectural Promenade relates to
- Le Corbusier proposed
Sources
- Le Corbusier. Les 5 points d'une architecture nouvelle. Werkbund (Weissenhof exhibition), 1927.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "The Five Points / The Free Plan." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/five-points-free-plan/. Accessed July 17, 2026.