LE CORBUSIER’S FIRST VILLAS, LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS
Number of participants: 20 max.
Schedule: 13:15 (Departure from conference venue) – 18:00 (the trip lasts around 30 minutes)
Adress start with movie: Espace de l’urbanisme horloger, rue Jaquet-Droz 23 (Movie).
Adress departure visit: rue de la Montagne 1 (bus stop Clinique Montbrillant)
Access: by train from Neuchâtel (participants will be guided by HE-Arc CR students). Walking shoes are recommended.
Program
From the first regionalist villas to the White House – which will be open to you – to the prestigious Turkish Villa, discover Jeanneret (Le Corbusier)’s architectural career in his native town.
Presenters /organisers
For Neuchâtel Tourism office
- Myrianne Von Büren, guide
For HE-Arc CR
- Emilie Cornet, conservator-restorer and research assistant
- Assisted by student Valentin Ruiz
13:15 Departure from conference venue
13:29: Departure from Neuchâtel train station for La Chaux-de-Fonds train station. Transfer to the Espace de l’urbanisme horloger
14:15 -14:30: Movie at Espace de l’urbanisme horloger
14:45: Meeting point with M. von Büren at rue de la Montagne 1 (bus stop Clinique Montbrillant) for the visit departure
14:45 – 16:45: Walking tour to the White House, passing in front of the villas Fallet, Stotzer, Jacquemet, and to the Turkish Villa
16:45: End of the visit and return to La Chaux-de-Fonds train station (17:02 or 17:32) to catch the train for Neuchâtel