Le Corbusier's villa savoye was built between 1929 and 1930, its location is in Poissy, which is in France. The Villa Savoye was built as a part of a purist movement, Le Corbusier moved from an overt ostentation towards a clean line architecture. As my quote states above, Le Corbusier believed In architecture seeming more machine-like to praise intellect and technological innovation. Villa Savoye is designed to be functional and to revolve around peoples daily lives.
Villa Savoye is a great example of purism and simplified design.
Villa Savoye is a great example of purism and simplified design.
"I would like to re-stress Le Corbusier's belief in general, absolute solutions. The pilots (Pillars to raise the building off the ground), the roof garden, the ribbon window. etc. Elements arising from the modern technique of reinforced concrete frame" (The Open University, 1975, pg. 39)
Villa savoye's basic design gives the building a modern look. The prime materials are; Reinforced concrete and ribbon window glass. The exterior of the building is a white stucco with a green base, it has little ornamentation to allow the onlooker to view the whole building, instead of certain features. The building as a whole lacks ornamentation, but the roof is a key feature that stands out. The roof is an abstract design to function as a garden.
Materials:
- Reinforced concrete
-Glass
-Steel
Villa savoye's basic design gives the building a modern look. The prime materials are; Reinforced concrete and ribbon window glass. The exterior of the building is a white stucco with a green base, it has little ornamentation to allow the onlooker to view the whole building, instead of certain features. The building as a whole lacks ornamentation, but the roof is a key feature that stands out. The roof is an abstract design to function as a garden.
Materials:
- Reinforced concrete
-Glass
-Steel
'The house is a cube elevated on pillars. The cube part is not a solid mass; The southeast and southwest sides are hollowed out so that when the sun rises the light floods the whole interior instead of skimming the outer wall.' (The Open University, 1975, P. 5)
"The entrance is on the northwest, but in coming in from the road one as to go all around the south side of the house to reach it. (this could be because Le Corbusier wants the users/visitors to experience the building as a whole) There is really no facade and no back and front, since the house is open on every side.' (The Open University, 1975, P. 5)
'The living room - five meters by fourteen has horizontally sliding windows on two sides. the third wall (facing onto terrace) is glass from floor to ceiling for some two thirds of its length. half of this glass is partition can be slid back by an easily manipulated lever. As a result the room can be rearranged freely, while the user is brought into connection with both the interior and the outdoors. The surrounding landscape however, never appears in its full sweep. It is always shown in segments which are framed. (The Open University, 1975, P. 5)
'It is impossible to comprehend the Savoye house by a view from a single point; quite literally, it is a construction in space-time. (The Open University, 1975, P. 5)
From this read, we have gathered that the building lets the user experience the interior and exterior quite literally together. It goes well with his quote, ' a house is machine for living in'. It also lets me no that the building is elevated off the ground for the vast majority of it using pillars, The cube of the building is not a solid mass, due to some facades being hollowed out to allow light in.
"The entrance is on the northwest, but in coming in from the road one as to go all around the south side of the house to reach it. (this could be because Le Corbusier wants the users/visitors to experience the building as a whole) There is really no facade and no back and front, since the house is open on every side.' (The Open University, 1975, P. 5)
'The living room - five meters by fourteen has horizontally sliding windows on two sides. the third wall (facing onto terrace) is glass from floor to ceiling for some two thirds of its length. half of this glass is partition can be slid back by an easily manipulated lever. As a result the room can be rearranged freely, while the user is brought into connection with both the interior and the outdoors. The surrounding landscape however, never appears in its full sweep. It is always shown in segments which are framed. (The Open University, 1975, P. 5)
'It is impossible to comprehend the Savoye house by a view from a single point; quite literally, it is a construction in space-time. (The Open University, 1975, P. 5)
From this read, we have gathered that the building lets the user experience the interior and exterior quite literally together. It goes well with his quote, ' a house is machine for living in'. It also lets me no that the building is elevated off the ground for the vast majority of it using pillars, The cube of the building is not a solid mass, due to some facades being hollowed out to allow light in.
'The design of Villa Savoye is clearly trying to harmonise function with aesthetic as well as modern with traditional. In his design, a straight staircase could of been more efficient, but Le Corbusier decided to use a spiral, this depicts his desire to strike a balance in his architecture.' (Utopia/Dystopia, 2007)
'The Villa Savoye is divorced from the ground and raised up against the sky in a precise, geometric silhouette – raised up as if by some giant hand [ . . . . ] The precise, geometric silhouette of the Villa Savoye permitted no confusion of architecture with nature. This was meant to be a man-made object, the product of man’s one great distinguishing characteristic – pure reason.' (Blake, Le Corbusier, 64.)
'The building is located in a large, open field and has several windows to utilize natural light and a rooftop garden. It seems to embrace nature, rather than spurn it. Because the Villa Savoye is a machine-like building surrounded by nature.' (Utopia/Dystopia, 2007) -
This quote lets me know that the site of the building is a large open field, with nature around it.
'why did Savoye family turn to Le Corbusier? ' ( The Open University, 1975, P. 38)
This quote states the client as Savoye family
'Le Corbusier was given an open space on all sides, the perfect site, with greenery all around. Have to imagine his mind ticking over after his first visit to the field of Poissy'
This gives us an insight in to the site plot of Savoye Villa, also tells us its in Poissy and has greenery all around with open space.
'The Villa Savoye is divorced from the ground and raised up against the sky in a precise, geometric silhouette – raised up as if by some giant hand [ . . . . ] The precise, geometric silhouette of the Villa Savoye permitted no confusion of architecture with nature. This was meant to be a man-made object, the product of man’s one great distinguishing characteristic – pure reason.' (Blake, Le Corbusier, 64.)
'The building is located in a large, open field and has several windows to utilize natural light and a rooftop garden. It seems to embrace nature, rather than spurn it. Because the Villa Savoye is a machine-like building surrounded by nature.' (Utopia/Dystopia, 2007) -
This quote lets me know that the site of the building is a large open field, with nature around it.
'why did Savoye family turn to Le Corbusier? ' ( The Open University, 1975, P. 38)
This quote states the client as Savoye family
'Le Corbusier was given an open space on all sides, the perfect site, with greenery all around. Have to imagine his mind ticking over after his first visit to the field of Poissy'
This gives us an insight in to the site plot of Savoye Villa, also tells us its in Poissy and has greenery all around with open space.
To round up our findings, Villa savoye was built in the late 1920's. It is based in Poissy, which is a suburb of paris - France. The architect was the Swiss Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. It is considered one of Le Corbusier's finest pieces of architecture. The style of the building is international/modern style, classified by the ribbon window, the concrete pillars, the concrete frame, flat roof, and roof terraces, embracing the purism movement. The house itself is built using reinforced concrete which is plastered masonry units, The plaster is white stucco. The windows are used to frame certain views. Colours used in the building are soft, to utilise the natural light of the outdoors, liking the interior with the exterior.
Architect - Le Corbusier
Date - 1929 to 1930
Building Type - House
Construction system - Concrete and plastered masonry unit
Climate - Temperate
Context - rural/Suburban
Style - International/Modern
Movement - Cubism
Architect - Le Corbusier
Date - 1929 to 1930
Building Type - House
Construction system - Concrete and plastered masonry unit
Climate - Temperate
Context - rural/Suburban
Style - International/Modern
Movement - Cubism
References:
Fig 1 - Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P. 27)
Fig 2 - Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P. 31)
Fig 3 - Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P. 31)
Fig 4 - Roof Plan - Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P. 25)
Fig 5 - Pilotis- Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P. 26)
Fig 6 - Roof Garden - Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P. 27)
Fig 7 - Ground floor plan - Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P. 24)
Fig 8 - First Floor plan - Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P. 25)
Fig 9 - Roof Plan - Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P. 25)
Fig 10 - site picture Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P.28)
Fig 11 - Elevation picture - Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (DR. H. Girsberger, 1935, P.28)
Bibliography:
1: Dr. H. Girsberger Zurich (1935). Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. Zurich: Herausgegeben von Willy Boesiger. p24-31.
2:Peter Blake, Le Corbusier: Architecture and Form (Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books), 61.
3:The Open University (1975). Le Corbusier English Architecture 1930's. Milton Keynes: The Open University Press. p5, 38, 39
4: Utopia/Dystopia. (2007). Villa Savoye, Utopia/Dystopia. Available: https://utopiadystopiawwi.wordpress.com/purism/le-corbusier/villa-savoye/. Last accessed 14th January 2015.