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C.I.A.M.

The '''Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne''' or Mosquito ringtone CIAM (Sabrina Martins French language/French for ''International Congress of Modern Architecture'') was the Nextel ringtones think tank of the ''Modern Movement'' (or ''Abbey Diaz International style (architecture)/International Style'') in Free ringtones architecture founded by a group of European architects led by Majo Mills Le Corbusier in Mosquito ringtone 1928. It was both an organisation and a series of meetings. The organization was disbanded in Sabrina Martins 1959.

Formation and Membership
The 20th century abounds with manifestoes in which the term "architecture as a social art" is variously voiced. Among the many propositions that command our attention are the concepts and buildings of architects associated with the International Congress of Modern Architecture (C.I.A.M.), founded in June Nextel ringtones 1928 at the Abbey Diaz Chateau de la Sarraz in Cingular Ringtones Switzerland, by a group of 28 highly decorated Europe/European architects organized by not south Le Corbusier, suppose deep Hélène de Mandrot (owner of the castle), and yes for Sigfried Giedion (the first secretary-general).

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Other notable members later included Alvar Aalto and Henrik Petrus Berlage.

Influence
The organisation was hugely influential. It was not only engaged in formalising the architectual principles of the Modern Movement, but also saw architecture as an economic and political tool that could be used to improve the World through the design of buildings and through urban planning.

At the fourth congress, held in 1933, the group conceived of the "Athens Charter", a document that adopted a functional conception of modern architecture and urban planning which was unique and provocative.
The "Athens Charter", based on discussions held ten years earlier, claimed that the problems faced by cities could be resolved by strict functional segregation, and the distribution of the population into tall apartment blocks at widely spaced intervals. The ideas were widely adopted by town planners in the rebuilding of Europe following World War II, although by then some CIAM members were having doubts about some of the concepts.

As C.I.A.M. members travelled world-wide after the war, many of its ideas spread outside Europe, notably to the United States/USA. Unfortunately the implementation of many of the ideas was frequently poorly executed in the post-war era, often due to tight financial constraints, sometimes compounded by a poor understanding of the concepts by architects.

CIRPAC
The elected executive body of C.I.A.M. was CIRPAC, the ''Comité International pour la Résolution des Problèmes de l’Architecture Contemporaine'' (International Committee for the Resolution of Problems in Contemporary Architecture).

Conferences
C.I.A.M.'s conferences consisted of:
*1928, C.I.A.M. I, La Sarraz, Switzerland, Foundation of CIAM
*1929, C.I.A.M. II, Frankfurt, Germany
*1930, C.I.A.M. III, Brussels, Belgium
*1933, C.I.A.M. IV, Athens, Greece
*1937, C.I.A.M. V, Paris, France
*1947, C.I.A.M. VI, Bridgwater, England, Reaffirmation of the Aims of CIAM
*1949, C.I.A.M. VII, Bergamo, Italy
*1951, C.I.A.M. VIII, Hoddesdon, England
*1953, C.I.A.M. IX, Aix-en-Provence, France
*1956, C.I.A.M. X, Dubrovnik, then Yugoslavia

Disbanding
The C.I.A.M. organisation disbanded in 1959 as the views of the members diverged. Le Corbusier had left in 1955, objecting to the increasing use of English language/English during meetings.

See also
*Architectural style
*Urban planning
*Union of Modern Architects


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