Modern Household with the Le Corbusier Sofa LC3
Of all the structural designs that have developedygenerated out of mankind’s imagination, possibly none would be as influential as that of modernism. Founded in the early 20th century, the contemporary style in architecture is popular for its uncomplicated, minimalist appearance and the dismissal of non-essential decorations. But while most people bear in mind modernism as an structural style, it has also went over into furniture. In fact, the initiators of the modernist style of architecture outlined furniture as well. One elegant example of such a modernist furnishing is the Le Corbusier Sofa LC3.
Created in 1928, the Le Corbusier Sofa LC3 is a modernist answer to the conventional club chair. It was conceptualized by the famous Swiss-French furniture designer Le Corbusier, who was also popular for his architectural works generated in the modernist style. Le Corbusier presumed in the concept that furniture is an annex of the human body, and that it must give way for unimpeded movement and ergonomic freedom for its inhabitant.
The Le Corbusier Sofa LC3 is truly part of a collection of furniture crafted by Le Corbusier, which consists theLC1 Sling Chair, the LC2 Sofa, and the LC4 Chaise Lounge. Similar to its closest counterpart, the LC2, the LC3 emphasized cushions that were guarded in place but not restricted to the frame. The sense behind this was to generate the feeling of comfort from the cushioned surface while favoring with the modernist mantra of splendor minimalism and unusual industrial look. The LC3 also shares some qualities of the sling chair, containing the reverse artestry of the structures of the sofa by having the forms outside instead of the inside. This exterior frame also has the additional benefit of sheltering thick pillows, which can fill the bountiful space inside the frame and support an atypical sumptuousness that is unique even for other bulky sofas and chairs. Although, despite its affinities the Le Corbusier LC3 also had its unique characteristics, including more generous stuff and the prerogative of either down-wrapped foam or Dacron-wrapped cushions.
Though the LC3 and the rest of its brethren were fully credited to Le Corbusier, its recognition as a home furnishing was heavily affected by that of Heidi Weber, a German museum owner and colleague of Le Corbusier. In 1959, Mrs. Weber, under the authorization of Le Corbusier, put the Le Corbusier Sofa LC3 and the rest of the selection into production. And it is amidst the production process that Weber rejected the spring mechanism of the sofas and layered the outer frame with a chrome layer. The cushions were also altered to make it more formal and fitted, an appearance which still lingers to this day.
