Émile Aillaud
Émile Aillaud (emil ajo; 18 January 1902 – 29 December 1988) was a French architect who was born in Mexico City and died in Paris. His designs can be found after World War II in France, such as Les Courtilières in Pantin (1955–1956, 1957–1960), Wiesberg at Forbach (1959, 1961 ff.) and La Grande Borne at Grigny (1964–1971), are representative of the attempts to compensate for the uniformity which resulted from extensively industrialized constructional methods (principally heavy construction employing prefabricated reinforced-concrete panels) by adopting more individualizing urban planning strategies. This is chiefly achieved in the overall arrangement of the building masses, reduced to smooth abstract forms, in curved serpentine compositions; through the integration of works of art; and finally through the careful handling of public spaces, at times eccentrically shaped and colourfully treated.
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Émile Aillaud
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- Born
- 1902 · Mexico City.
- Died
- 1988 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Fields
- architecture
- Education
- Lycée Henri-IV
- Known for
- Les Courtillières
- Languages
- French
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Émile Aillaud (emil ajo; 18 January 1902 – 29 December 1988) was a French architect who was born in Mexico City and died in Paris. His designs can be found after World War II in France, such as Les Courtilières in Pantin (1955–1956, 1957–1960), Wiesberg at Forbach (1959, 1961 ff.) and La Grande Borne at Grigny (1964–1971), are representative of the attempts to compensate for the uniformity which resulted from extensively industrialized constructional methods (principally heavy construction employing prefabricated reinforced-concrete panels) by adopting more individualizing urban planning strategies. This is chiefly achieved in the overall arrangement of the building masses, reduced to smooth abstract forms, in curved serpentine compositions; through the integration of works of art; and finally through the careful handling of public spaces, at times eccentrically shaped and colourfully treated.
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Born at Mexico City in 1902, died in Paris in 1988.
Émile Aillaud studied at Lycée Henri-IV. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is architecture. Works named in the authority record are Les Courtillières.
Vue de la prefecture des Hauts de Seine sur les tours Aillaud, la tour Granite, le parc André Malraux
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La première grue du chantier de construction de l'immeuble Basalte au quartier La Défense avec les Tours Nuage en arrière plan à droite. La photo est prise depuis le 14ème étage de la tour Chassagne de la Tour Chassagne de la Société Générale.
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- L'ensemble des archives d'Émile Aillaud est conservé à l'Institut français d'architecture.
- Émile Aillaud : Chanteloup les Vignes, quartier « La Noé », Fayard, Paris 1978
- Émile Aillaud : La Grande Borne, Hachette, Paris
- Émile Aillaud : Désordre apparent, Ordre caché, Fayard, Paris, 1975
- Christian de Portzamparc, Émile Aillaud, Dictionnaire des architectes, éd. Encyclopaedia Universalis - Albin Michel, 1999, pp. 17-18
- Jean Marie Helwig, D’un temps où les HLM étaient bleues - Le Wiesberg d’Émile Aillaud, La Cartonnerie, 2022
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