Work
La Charte d'Athènes / The Athens Charter
Explore in the Atlas →Le Corbusier's 1943 polemical reworking (95 numbered articles) of the 1933 CIAM 4 Constatations, codifying the four functions and the triad sun/space/greenery; issued anonymously under Vichy. Distinct from, and far more doctrinaire than, the 1933 proceedings.
Settlement Power Infrastructure
Details
- Type
- Manifesto
- Location
- Paris
Connections
- articulates The Functional City
- exemplifies Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
Referenced by
- Le Corbusier authored
Sources
- Le Corbusier. The Athens Charter. Grossman (Eardley trans.), 1973.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "La Charte d'Athènes / The Athens Charter." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-charte-dathenes/. Accessed July 17, 2026.