Many modern architects and designers prided themselves on the fact that they followed the existing style, some say that modernism was much more than just a style, it It was a new, refreshed style. and a renewed look at the world, accustomed to new points of view on space and time. One of the most iconic "modern" architects was Charles Edouard Jeanneret Gris, who was very interested in exploring new materials, rejected past precedents, and was a pioneer of simplicity. Charles Edouard Jeanneret Gris was born in Switzerland on October 6, 1887 and chose to become known under the name Le Corbusier. He first worked in France, where he was most active, leveraging his many talents as an architect, designer, writer, painter, urban planner and theorist. Le Corbusier began his academic life in 1900, as a goldsmith and engraver; he studied in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland. Corbusier learned art history, drawing and the naturalist aesthetic of art nouveau from L'Eplattenier, whom Corbusier himself later designated as his only teacher. Corbusier then abandoned his current studies and progressed in his studies of art and decoration with the intention of becoming an artist/painter. It was L'Eplattenier who insisted that Corbusier study architecture and so organized a few local projects for Corbusier to work on. In 1907, the twenty-year-old Corbusier had designed his first house, Villa Pallet. After the completion of this project, Corbusier undertook a series of trips across central Europe which included apprenticeships with architects, one of the most important being Auguste Perret, a structural rationalist who was at the forefront of reinforced concrete construction. From October 1910 to March 1911, Corbusier worked with a renowned architect...... middle of paper ......ion used everywhere and everyone was present too. William JR Curtis in his book “Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms” explains the importance and functionality of the Citrohan housing system: “Citrohan” was a play on words on “Citroën” – a house like a car. Le Corbusier hoped to mass-produce the building's parts using Taylorized methods, such as those used in automobile factories.3 The housing shortage in post-war France was a critical problem, and the architect directed his ideas toward government agencies and industry. as much as in private homes... The Citrohan embodies the design of a “living machine”, a functional tool elevated to the rank of art by judicious proportions, the finesse of the spaces and the banner. - move away from unnecessary decoration and unnecessary habits. It was a utopian challenge to the status quo.”