Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau

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exhibition pavilion modernist building temporary structure

Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau is a 1925 modernist exhibition pavilion in Paris that showcased Le Corbusier’s radical ideas on standardized housing, functional design, and the “machine for living” concept.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
L’Esprit Nouveau Pavilion	1
Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau canonical	1
Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau (1925)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104427 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau
Context triple: [Le Corbusier, notableWork, Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau]

A. Palais de Chaillot
The Palais de Chaillot is a prominent Art Deco complex in Paris, France, best known for its sweeping terraces overlooking the Eiffel Tower and its role as a cultural hub housing several major museums and institutions.
B. Grand Palais, Paris
The Grand Palais in Paris is a monumental exhibition hall and museum complex famed for its vast glass-domed roof and richly ornamented Beaux-Arts architecture, built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
C. Vichy Opera House
The Vichy Opera House is an ornate early 20th-century Art Nouveau theater in Vichy, France, renowned for its lavish architecture and cultural performances.
D. Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
E. Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a renowned Parisian museum housed in a former railway station, famous for its extensive collection of 19th- and early 20th-century art, including major Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau
Target entity description: Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau is a 1925 modernist exhibition pavilion in Paris that showcased Le Corbusier’s radical ideas on standardized housing, functional design, and the “machine for living” concept.

A. Palais de Chaillot
The Palais de Chaillot is a prominent Art Deco complex in Paris, France, best known for its sweeping terraces overlooking the Eiffel Tower and its role as a cultural hub housing several major museums and institutions.
B. Grand Palais, Paris
The Grand Palais in Paris is a monumental exhibition hall and museum complex famed for its vast glass-domed roof and richly ornamented Beaux-Arts architecture, built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
C. Vichy Opera House
The Vichy Opera House is an ornate early 20th-century Art Nouveau theater in Vichy, France, renowned for its lavish architecture and cultural performances.
D. Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
E. Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a renowned Parisian museum housed in a former railway station, famous for its extensive collection of 19th- and early 20th-century art, including major Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exhibition pavilion ⓘ modernist building ⓘ temporary structure ⓘ
architect	Le Corbusier ⓘ Pierre Jeanneret ⓘ
architecturalStyle	International Style precursor ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
associatedWith	Esprit Nouveau journal ⓘ Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture ⓘ
concept	functional furniture layout ⓘ machine for living ⓘ mass-produced housing units ⓘ minimal ornamentation ⓘ standardization of housing ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
designedAs	model for mass housing ⓘ prototype housing unit ⓘ
exhibited	modular living spaces ⓘ standardized furniture ⓘ urban housing proposals ⓘ
exhibition	Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes ⓘ
feature	flat roof ⓘ integrated built-in furniture ⓘ modular construction ⓘ open plan interior ⓘ pilotis-like raised elements ⓘ roof garden ⓘ
heritage	icon of early modern architecture ⓘ
influenced	International Style architecture ⓘ linked to: International Style modernist housing design ⓘ
influencedBy	industrial production methods ⓘ modern technology ⓘ
location	Paris ⓘ
material	industrial materials ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ
notableFor	presentation of the house as a machine for living in ⓘ radical break with traditional decorative arts ⓘ
philosophy	functionalism in architecture ⓘ rational planning ⓘ rejection of applied ornament ⓘ
purpose	demonstration of standardized housing units ⓘ exhibition of modern housing concepts ⓘ promotion of functional design ⓘ
status	demolished ⓘ
yearOfConstruction	1925 ⓘ
yearOfOpening	1925 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Le Corbusier → notableWork → Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau ⓘ

L’Esprit Nouveau → hasPart → L’Esprit Nouveau Pavilion ⓘ

linked to: Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau

L’Esprit Nouveau → inspiredWork → Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau (1925) ⓘ