Andr\u00e9 Wogenscky, a humanist architect<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Andr\u00e9 Wogenscky (1916-2004) designed several flagship buildings of the 30-years post-war boom, such as the university hospitals in the Saint-Antoine and Necker hospital in Paris, the Maison de la Culture in Grenoble and the Hauts-de-Seine Prefecture in Nanterre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
An activist of social progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Imbued with the humanist values that were so popular with the decision-makers and actors of these three decades, he works on the various fields in which the powerful desire for change in French society was expressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A pioneer in the democratization of art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
He was involved in the ambition to make cultural creation accessible to the greatest number of people, by designing the Marquisats socio-cultural center in Annecy and the Maison de la Culture in Grenoble, and by planning, at the request of Andr\u00e9 Malraux, the Mus\u00e9e du XXe si\u00e8cle and the four art schools in La D\u00e9fense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He participated in the social integration of young people by building the Youth and Culture Centers in Bures-sur-Yvette and Besan\u00e7on, and the Clairvivre center in Saint-\u00c9tienne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
House of Culture, Grenoble \/ 1967 \/ \u00a9G\u00e9rard Ifert<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
House of Youth and Culture \/ Bures-sur-Yvette, with Louis Miquel \/ 1970 \/ <\/em><\/em>\u00a9DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Various sectors of intervention<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
He renewed the spaces of industrial production for Oric in Boussay, ; those of the Prefectural Administration in Nanterre; those of tertiary work for EDF in Charleville-M\u00e9zi\u00e8res; those of Health with the hospitals of Flers, Aigle, Lu\u00e7on and Corbeil-Essonnes. He also developed the education sector with the school canteen in Mar\u00e7on, the leisure sector with the vacation center in La Garde-Freinet, and even the transport infrastructure sector with the Auber RER station in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hauts de Seine<\/em><\/em> Prefecture \/ Nanterre<\/em> \/ \u00a9DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Hauts de Seine<\/em><\/em> Prefecture \/ Nanterre<\/em> \/ \u00a9DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Retirement Home \/ L\u2019Aigle \/ 1971 \/ \u00a9DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
School Canteen, Mar\u00e7on, 1958 \/ \u00a9Bernard Renoux, DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Vacation Center L\u00e9o Lagrange \/ La Garde-Freinet \/ 1976 \/ \u00a9DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Auber train station \/ Paris \/ 1972 \/ \u00a9DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Architecture, actor of social evolution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
He contributed above all to the redefinition of social housing, which he intended to adapt to the new status of women, to the evolution of family values and educational principles, as well as to the appearance of elements of comfort and household appliances. He built the Thionville complex, individual houses in Saint-Br\u00e9vin-l’Oc\u00e9an, a workers’ housing estate in Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges, and the housing units in Marseille, Nantes, Briey, Berlin and Firminy, all five of which were co-designed with Le Corbusier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Priority area for urbanization<\/em><\/em>, Thionville \/ Haute-Yutz \/ 1965 \/ \u00a9DR.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Municipal Pool Andr\u00e9 Wogenscky \/ Firminy \/ 1970 \/ Label XXth century Patrimony \/ \u00a9DR.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Chupin House \/ Saint-Br\u00e9vin-l\u2019Oc\u00e9an \/ 1960\u00a0<\/em><\/em> \/ \u00a9DR<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
For more than two decades, he was also one of the most active representatives of the French presence in the countries of the Middle-East. For instance, in Beirut, he built the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. Although his major projects for leisure, sports, cultural and military facilities were not realized, a private commission allowed him to end his career with the construction of the Takarazuka University of the Arts in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ministry of Defense \/ Beyrouth \/ 1968 \/ \u00a9 Pierre Joly and V\u00e9ra Cardot<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Ministry of Defense \/ Beyrouth \/ 1968 \/ \u00a9 Pierre Joly and V\u00e9ra Cardot<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Ministry of Defense \/ Beyrouth \/ 1968 \/ \u00a9 Pierre Joly and V\u00e9ra Cardot<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Ministry of Defense \/ Beyrouth \/ 1968 \/ \u00a9 Pierre Joly and V\u00e9ra Cardot<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Ministry of Defense \/ Beyrouth \/ 1968 \/ \u00a9 Pierre Joly and V\u00e9ra Cardot<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Faculty of Sciences \/ Beyrouth \/ 1969 \/ \u00a9<\/em><\/em>DR.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Faculty of Sciences \/ Beyrouth \/ 1969 \/ \u00a9DR.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Holliday Inn Hotel and Saint Charles City Center \/ Beyrouth \/ 1974 <\/em>\/ \u00a9DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Arts University \/ Takarazua \/ Japon \/ 1983 \/ 1994 \/\u00a9DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
Arts University \/ Takarazua \/ Japon \/ 1983 \/ 1994 \/\u00a9DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
A desire for transmission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Throughout his career, he has inscribed his convictions in the concrete and volumes he designs and builds. He also shares them by giving countless conferences and interviews, or by writing numerous articles. He has also written a reference book, \u00ab\u00a0L’architecture active\u00a0\u00bb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The faithful man<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
He ended his professional life in homage to the man who had trained him and determined his professional future, Le Corbusier: he presided over the Fondation Le Corbusier from 1971 to 1982 and published \u00ab\u00a0Les Mains de Le Corbusier\u00a0\u00bb in 1987. He thus remains faithful to this tutelary figure with whom he worked on the conception of the most resounding urban plans of the post-war period, on the development of the Modulor or on the creation of the Atbat and with whom he co-signed the five Housing Units built in France and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The recognized creator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Andr\u00e9 Wogenscky’s contribution to the evolution of architecture in France and his participation in its international expansion was recognized by the award of the Grand Prix national d’architecture in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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