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Le Corbusier and Amédée Ozenfant found L’Esprit Nouveau, the Purist review that names his public identity

In 1920 Jeanneret and Ozenfant launched L’Esprit Nouveau. In its pages the name Le Corbusier became the public architect. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In 1920 Jeanneret and Ozenfant launched L’Esprit Nouveau. In its pages the name Le Corbusier became the public architect. He did not print it alone. Education here is a magazine as a school of looking, including the articles that became Vers une architecture. Archival locator: Fondation Le Corbusier — English portal at https://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Fondation Le Corbusier). Independent locator: MoMA — Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) at https://www.moma.org/artists/3426 (opens in a new tab) (Museum of Modern Art).

Context

Ozenfant is related as affiliated. The 1925 pavilion is a later object. Purism in painting is mixed neighbourhood, not extra Facts. Swiss Jura origins are identity, not this Paris review.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

A founding review is an education path. High confidence on 1920. Later reprints are not 1920.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The 1925 Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau is a separate building-Fact. Mixed effects of Le Corbusier and Amédée Ozenfant found L’Esprit Nouveau, the Purist review that names his public identity are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Le Corbusier

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    Co-founded with Ozenfant; Jeanneret becomes Le Corbusier in these pages. Complex dual authorship of a review.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.MoMA — Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)Museum of Modern Art · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Fondation Le Corbusier — English portalFondation Le Corbusier · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Fondation Le Corbusier independently frames the review and the name. MoMA independently collects Purism and Esprit Nouveau materials. Britannica independently treats the 1920s writings. No unique subscriber census is invented.

Established: 1920 L’Esprit Nouveau with Ozenfant; the LC name as public. Not established: a unique circulation figure. October 1920 neighbourhood.

Shared responsibility is part of Le Corbusier and Amédée Ozenfant found L’Esprit Nouveau, the Purist review that names his public identity. Naming Le Corbusier does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1920-10-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLe Corbusier
  2. contributed toFactLe Corbusier and Amédée Ozenfant found L’Esprit Nouveau, the Purist review that names his public identity
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Le Corbusier and Amédée Ozenfant found L’Esprit Nouveau, the Purist review that names his public identity. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/lc-esprit-nouveau-journal

https://factrail.ai/facts/lc-esprit-nouveau-journal

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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