And after Le Corbusier? Michel Ragon - La Virreina. Centre de la ImatgeBarcelona Art Season, Exhibitions
02/08/2025 - 05/11/2025

The exhibition And after Le Corbusier? curated by Fernando Marzá and Neus Moyano, presents the relationship between the art and architecture critic Michel Ragon and the group of young architects who founded the GIAP (International Group of Prospective Architecture) in Paris in 1965. This group, comprising Yona Friedman, Paul Maymont, Ionel Schein, Nicolas Schöffer, Walter Jonas and Georges Patrix, shared an innovative vision of architecture and town planning.

Michel Ragon, born in Marseille in 1924, was profoundly influenced by Le Corbusier, which shifted his focus from art criticism to architecture. Rooted in anarchist libertarian thought, his admiration for the Swiss architect led him to believe that the ideas of the GIAP represented a logical evolution of Le Corbusier's ideas on the "machine for living".

The exhibition also explores Ragon's influence on contemporary architecture, his impact on the GIAP, and his critique of traditional urban models.