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Capitol Complex Armchair

Design Hommage à Pierre Jeanneret

Hommage à Pierre Jeanneret / A piece of fine woodworking

Designed for Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex building in Chandigarh, India, this design armchair is a reinterpretation by Cassina as a tribute to Pierre Jeanneret, a key figure in building the city.

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PRODUCTION YEAR
2019

 

Included in Unesco's 2016 Cultural Heritage list, the extraordinary architecture of Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex, designed by Chandigarh in 1951, has received accolades for its celebration of an independent nation open to modernity. The Haute Cour, along with the Secretariat and the Assemblée wing, make up the core of Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex. The rooms were filled with overstuffed armchairs, all exhibiting the same “V” support structure theme. The only exposed wooden parts are the rests, connecting crossbars, and the external joints between the arms and the backrest. The armrests’ padding almost completely envelops them, creating the outline of a rounded, geometric shape, that along with the distinct seat and back cushioning, offer an immediate sense of comfort without abandoning their elegance and simplicity. Cassina’s reissue offers the classic version in teak, and two versions in natural and stained black oak.

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Hommage à Pierre Jeanneret

In 1922, Le Corbusier began working in the new rue de Sèvres, Paris, atelier with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret with whom he shared research projects and design criteria in a profound and life-long professional relationship.n October 1927, the pair decided to draw on the contribution of a young architect who had already begun to establish a reputation on the architectural scene of the time: Charlotte Perriand.Their collaboration lasted through to 1937 and was extremely fruitful, especially in the field of furniture design.

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The padding that surrounds the armrests and the generous seat and backrest cushions convey the idea of on-the-spot comfort as well as elegance and simplicity.

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The upside-down “V” supports, connecting crossbars and external joints between the armrests and backrest are all in exposed wood. In the classic version, in teak, or in oak.

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Padding

Variable density polyurethane foam.

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Structure

Solid oak or Burma teak.

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Detail

V-shaped supports.

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PRODUCTION YEAR

2019

DESIGN BY
Hommage à Pierre Jeanneret
PRODUCTION YEAR

2019

DESIGN BY
Hommage à Pierre Jeanneret

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