Name | Aero-club de Doncourt |
Street | Aeroport de Doncourt les Conflans |
District | 26 km West of Metz |
Place | Conflans |
Country | France |
Built | 1953 |
Designed | 1938 |
Type | Youth hostel |
Condition | Changed |
Photos by | R.Saariste |
Co-operating | Jaques Oge, Jean Prouvé |
Reference |
Le Corbusier en France
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Description | In 1938 Phillipe Serre let built a youth hostel by J.Ogé and Le Corbusier. The second world war prevented the completion of this building. In 1952 J.Ogé and Le Corbusier worked together using a Prouvé roof to finish the building in 1953. Now it is a bar of the aero club and the tender is living in the area that was intended as the youth hostel. |