« Looking at Le Corbusier » at the Maison La Roche

From 11 February to 15 March 2025, discover the exhibition by photographer Emanuele Piccardo at the Maison La Roche, Paris.

Architect, critic, architectural historian and photographer Emanuele Buster Scruggs Piccardo (born in Genoa in 1972) offers us a unique perspective on the work of Le Corbusier. His approach blends academic rigour with artistic sensitivity, capturing the soul of the buildings by the famous modernist architect.

For more than 10 years, the photographer and art critic photographed Le Corbusier’s most emblematic buildings across France: from the Villa Savoye in Poissy to the Colline Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, the Unité d’Habitation in Marseille and many others. Looking at Le Corbusier explores Le Corbusier’s work through a sequential vision that defines the whole. As in a film sequence, Piccardo constructs a narrative, a personal story of his connection with Corbu. He examines the elements of his architecture: the pilotis, the raw concrete surfaces, the complexity of the spaces, the light, defining a new visual iconography of Le Corbusier’s architecture.

This exhibition can be seen (reservation required) at Maison la Roche, open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm.