The Propylaea of Paris

Abstract

Ledoux, les Propylées de Paris is an animated slideshow portraying all the octroi tollhouses of Paris, built by Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), a visionary architect, urbanist and utopian. 3D modeling was done with SketchUp Pro, rendering with Artlantis Studio and Photoshop CS, and video editing with iMovie. Each building rendered in 3D is graphically explored using transparency and greyscale. The source documents are the writings of Claude Nicolas Ledoux – L’architecture considérée sous le rapport de l’art, des mœurs et de la législation (Architecture Considered in Relation to Art, Mores and Legislation), Volumes I, II, and III, viewable online at the French National Library website: gallica.bnf.fr

Keywords

• Ledoux
• Neoclassicism
• French architecture
• Eighteenth century
• Barriers