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ItwasPierreJeanneretwho
becameHansen’smentor
inarchitecture.[FIG.4]Hansen
owedhisemployment
inJeanneret’soffice
toarecommendationfromJerzy
Sołtan,anotherPolisharchitect,
whowasthenworking
inLeCorbusier’soffice.Jeanneret
hadplayedanunsungroleinthe
FrenchResistance,andhis
politicsaswellashismodest
personadistinguishedhimfrom
hismorefamouscousin,whohad
nothesitatedtospendayear
curryingfavorwithPétain’s
governmentinVichy.Inthelate
1940s,despitetheirlongtime
closeassociationandadearth
ofworkinhisownoffice,
Jeanneretpreferredtosteerclear
oftheatelieronRuedeSèvres,
whichhadbecomecrowdedwithnewemployeesinthe
rampingupofactivityaroundthecommissionforthe
Unitéd’HabitationinMarseilles,oneoftheemblematic
projectsofFrance’spostwarreconstructionprogram.14
Hansen,whohadtheopportunitytoobserveJeanneret’s
relationswithLeCorbusierfirsthand,couldnotfail
toappreciatetheSwiss-Frenchmaster’stalents,
especiallyafterseeingtheMarseillesblockunder
construction.[in1949,FIG.5]Yethisadmirationremained
tempered.HewouldlatercometoviewLeCorbusier’s
monumentalarchitecturalegoasantitheticaltothe
objectivesofOpenForm.
AmongtheprojectsonwhichHansenworkedwhile
inJeanneret’sofficewasahousingschemefor40,000
inhabitantsintheParissuburbofPuteaux.Thisintroduced
himtoanissuethatwouldpreoccupyhimthroughouthis
career:designingforthe“greatnumber.”Chosenasone
