Villa Jeanneret-Perret; ( Switzerland); 1912; Modern architecture
Villa Jeanneret-Perret is the first realization of Le Corbusier as an independent architect. The project built in 1912, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, home town of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret.It was originally intended for his parents. The Villa Jeanneret-Perret is located on the edge of the forest on a very steep terrain, overlooking the north-west city of La Chaux-de-Fonds. The site offers a wide view and distant view. It is a family house built on a rectangular plane and supported by the outer walls and four central pillars, thus releasing all other internal partitions of their bearing function. Thus, interior spaces are separated only by light partitions, anticipating the principle of "piles" and "free plan". The house has two levels. It is like a compact cube, with a recess reserved for the entrance and the stairs. The axis of the house, or "cathedral transept" as Le Corbusier said, is extended by a central advance semicircle side south-west. The who...