Hotel Crillon

Place de La Concorde

Mr. Uzan was a desiegner for the Taittinger Concorde Hotel group and close to the family

Le Corbusier is the archetypalwas a self made man

a walling enigma

Self made architect, industrial designer, engineer, artist, designer, mathematician

No diploma

At first he was never acceptedby society, but in p ost war france he was given an opportunity in

Marseille France to build a large project for income people.

Unite d'Habition

because the minister of Construction, Claudius Petit saw that he had talent and they developed a good relationship

this project became world famous concerning architecture proportion

He created a new dimension in architecture synthesis between human body and architecture

he also created the

Le Modulor

which is now the Bible of Architecture

For instance all today's leading architects have studied and or followed the precepts and principles of Le

Corbusier's Le Modular design

It is through Le Corbusier, a swiss french architect, who was consultant for the UN in the US and UNESCO in Paris

and through the letters of recomendation of MR. Zerfuss and Cacoub that Mr. Uzan met Marcel Breuer as he was visiting the French UNESCO site office

Mr. Uzan was hired on the spot by Mr. Breuer to be a draftsman of Architectural details and conception

for the UNESCO project

starting out with the design of the conrete sprial fire staircase in addition to the interior of the

International Conference

room for UNESCO....acoustical, lighting and furniture design, the design of the

(By the way Mr. Uzan also designed much of the NYU Bobst Library)

including the Japanese garden by Isamu Noguchi, a sculpture and artist of world reknown

and

The Two

Walls of Miro

known as

Sun and Moon

Soleil et Lune

It is here that Mr. Uzan worked with Miro, the spanish painter of world reknown, who paintings are to be seen in

all the world's most damous musem's and private collections

"Can you enlarge the wall, Miro?"

"No, Uzan"

"Why not, Miro?"

"Because this is Mr. Breuer's study, design, dimension and it can not be changed; including any change in blueprints, I will lose my position, Uzan"

"Okay, let's have some wine and paella and bring your assistant"

He worked all ni ght long under the direction of Miro building the wall of Miro

This is where Mr. Uzan leared ceramics and contracting for instance.

The heat of the kiln changes the color of the ceramics and through the master Miro we were instructed as how to obtain the correct colots

Later through Miro and Marcel Breuer, Mr. Uzan was introduced to the likes of Pableo Picasso, Kandinsky and Piet Modrian,

Alexander Calder of the Mobile, and the 62 famous painters and artists that worked onthe UNESCO project

This is where Mr. Uzan acquired his sensitive eye, and artistic judgement to become an International jury

member for awards in a

wide range fo fields such as coloring, graphics, design, quality for his later work as a curator, painter

sculpture

photographer and fashion designer, beauty pagents, trades

Marcel Breuer later invited Mr. Uzan to work in his office in the US working on Various Museums in NY.
Mr. Miroinvited hos worker and Mr. Uzan to create all the ceramics of his wall. This involved the meticulous paintingand firing in the onsite kiln of all the tiles.

It is at this time that Miro introduced Mr. Uzan to Pablo Picasso and

In a chance meeting with Le Corbusier

Mr. Uzan Worked in collaboration with

BNZ UNESCO

UNESCO WORLD HEADQUARTERS Architects and Engineers

BNZ Team

Breuer USA: Marcel Breuer

Nervi Italy: Pier Luigi Nervi Top World Engineer

Zerfuss, France: Bernard Zerfuss, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome - The World famous award

Mr. Uzan has among his numerous credentials a signed letter sa follows...

"Roger Uzan is proficient in the details of Architectural construction as ememplified in his work on the UNESCO project"

Marcel Breuer

(See Letter signed by Breuer)

Mr. Uzan's First Job was that of draftsman for the UNESCO building and MR. Uzan ened up as a designer, and assistant to the BNZ team

to build the billion dollar

UNESCO World headquarters in Paris France

Marcel Breuer, was co-founder with Walter Gropius of the World's top Architectural school in Germany

known as the

Bauhaus School and Tradition

Marcel Breuer became the director of the Harvard architectural school

Mr. Uzan worked as a draftsman and designer for Mies Van Der Rohe another bauhaus professer in collaboration with Phillip Johnson in the conception of the indelible all bronze Seagram building, 375 Park Avenue, for Mr. Bronfman, owner of Seagram

known as

The Seagram Building

Known as the number one building in the world