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Claude Parent
A Maverick of the Oblique: The Revolutionary Vision of Claude Parent Claude Parent, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, in 1923 and passing away in 2016, was not merely an architect; he was a philosophical provocateur who fundamentally challenged the very foundations of Modernist architectural thought. He dared to question the dominance of right angles and static forms, envisioning instead a dynamic architecture responsive to the human
body in motion – a vision embodied in his groundbreaking concept of the ‘Oblique Function.’ Parent’s journey began with formal training, an apprenticeship under Ionel Schein from 1949 to 1955 providing him with technical grounding. However, this period also ignited within him a desire for liberation from conventional norms, a yearning that led him to the avant-garde Espace group in 1951 alongside artists André Bloc and Félix del Marle,…