Villa Savoye

The Villa Savoye is considered by many to be the seminal work of the French architect Le Corbusier. Situated at Poissy, outside of Paris, it is one of the most recognisable architectural presentations of the International Style. Construction was substantially completed ca. 1929. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 529 pixelsFull resolution (1656 × 1096 pixel, file size: 259 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 529 pixelsFull resolution (1656 × 1096 pixel, file size: 259 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-born architect, designer, urbanist, writer and also painter, who is famous for his contributions to what now is called Modern Architecture. ... Poissy is a commune of the Yvelines département in France, located 20km from Paris, with a population (1999) of 36,000. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... The Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, Germany (1927) The Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, Germany (1930) The International style was a major architectural style of the 1920s and 1930s. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The house was emblematic of Le Corbusier work in that it addressed "The Five Points", his basic tenets of a new aesthetic of architecture constructed in reinforced concrete: Aesthetics (or esthetics) (from the Greek word αισθητική) is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty. ... This article is about building architecture. ... Reinforced concrete at Sainte Jeanne dArc Church (Nice, France): architect Jacques Dror, 1926–1933 Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete in some countries, is concrete in which reinforcement bars (rebars) or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen a material that would otherwise be brittle. ...

1. The pilotis, or ground-level supporting columns, elevate the building from the damp earth and allow the garden to flow beneath.
2. A flat roof terrace reclaims the area of the building site for domestic purposes, including a garden area.
3. The free plan, made possible by the elimination of load-bearing walls, consists of partitions placed where they are needed without regard for those on adjoining levels.
4. Horizontal windows provide even illumination and ventilation.
5. The freely-designed facade, unconstrained by load-bearing considerations, consists of a thin skin of wall and windows.

The Villa Savoye was designed as a weekend country house and is situated just outside of the small village of Poissy in a meadow which was originally surrounded by trees. The polychromatic interior contrasts with the primarily white exterior. Vertical circulation is facilitated by ramps as well as stairs. The house fell into ruin during World War II but has since been restored and is open for viewing. Pilotis or piers, are supports such as columns, pillars, stilts, by which a building is lifted above what is underneath, whether it is ground or water. ... For other meanings of the term, see column (disambiguation). ... A roof garden is any garden on the roof of a building. ... Floor plan (floorplan, floor-plan) in its original meaning is an architecture term, a diagram of a room, a building, or a level (floor) of a building as if seen from the above (i. ... Structural engineering is the field of civil engineering particularly concerned with the design of load-bearing structures. ... Look up walls, wall in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Window (disambiguation). ... West facade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade is generally the exterior of a building — especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... The Albertian Villa Medici in Fiesole: terraced grounds on a sloping site. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Corbusier designed the building to use a flat roof, a move he said was for functionality, though may have been partly due to way it looked for him. Indeed the roof failed its functionality, as the roof leaked, causing the owners to attempt to take Corbusier to court. However at the same time WW2 broke out, and Corbusier left the area, leaving the building in a state of disrepair.

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Design Details

Given that Villa Savoye is an excellent example of Le Corbusier's Machine for Living ideal-- it is no surprise that there were a number of mechanized processes to ease standard jobs. For instance, in many of his buildings one will see the lever used to crank open large windows and doors, such as the one that exists in the sun room at Villa Savoye.

In the sun room one will also notice the piloti that passes through the fireplace within the room. Le Corbusier succeeded in allowing these supports to transfer through the spaces unobtrusively. Much as the structural necessity of the pilotis did not bother him, nor did he try to hide them, he also allowed numerous radiators to show throughout the home. From the sun room, one has a good look out onto the second story terrace and the ramp leading to the roof garden.

Furthermore, in the kitchen, he carried through with his efficient life schemes in the use of cabinets which slide open on either side. The utilitarian kitchen is white in contrast to the almost decadent master bathroom with its aqua tiled bath tub.

View of the terrace looking towards the master bedroom from the sun room.

External links

• Analysis of Villa Savoye
• Photos of Villa Savoye
• website with pictures of architecture.

Coordinates: 48°55′28″N, 2°01′42″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...