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The Villa Savoye, designed by Le Corbusier, stands as on of his most famous works to this day. Located in Poissy, France, the Villa Savoye is a paramount building of the early 20th century which highlights one of the developments of Modernism. This house was designed as a private residence in collaboration with Le Corbusier’s cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, who worked with him in the series of “white villas”. This was a series of private homes following a similar look. The location of this project was originally surrounded by woodland and the client’s visions for the house allowed Le Corbusier to incorporate his Five Points into the project to clearly illustrate the modernism movement. Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture are ones he used frequently to articulate his programs and organize spaces. His five points are: the use of pilotis, a flat roof terrace, an open plan concept, horizontal windows and a free facade. His famous quote for this project was, “The house is a machine ...

North-West Facade Located in France in the small city of Yvelines we can find the Villa Savoye. It stands on top of a hill where it can overlook the bordering river, Seine. The town had a school named after Le Corbusier which ironically almost led to the destruction of the Villa. From the street nothing can really be seen through the trees. The Villa was considered an “upper class”. It was even more emphasized by having the Villa in the middle of the site. This encourages people to walk around the building before actually entering. The house could be described as a floating box that was pierced by a band of window. The Villa shows strong elements of horizontality and verticality. The horizontality is seen as the floating box is strinpped even more through the band of windows, really creating three bands. Even though the house is on pilots, we don't notice them. The vertical elements are the more cylinder element, above and below the box. It almost seems that the cylinder is ...

VILLA SAVOYE       Designed by Le Corbusier and constructed in 1931, Villa Savoye combined all of his “5 points”. The house has a structural system based on pilotis,   free façade, ribbon windows, a flat roof terrace, and open plan. The opportunity for him to materialize his manifesto in this building transformed Corbusier’s career, and the principles of international style. He describes his view on the function of the home with the phrase “The house is a Machine for Living”. The inspiration for the home was based on the motor car, which he deemed to be technological magic. The movement of the car is interpreted radically for the time, where it arrives under the house, as oppose to an outdoor space. The façade of Villa Savoye is comprised of reinforced concrete and exposed structural supporting pilotis. This combination of materials enabled Corbusier to design the home with a sense of freedom of form, additionally allowing him ...

Villa Savoye  located in Poissy, Paris, France. Designed by the architects of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeannaré. The building has used reinforced concrete to construct from 1928 to 1931. The Villa Savoye was originally designed as a sanctuary for the Savoye family in the countryside. It was no longer used since 1940 and was left unpaired during the Second World War. In 1958, it became a national property of France. Although it was repeatedly planned to be dismantled, it was still protected as a monument of French history in 1965. From 1985 to 1997, it was completely refurbished. It is now under the management of the National Monument Center and is open to visitors throughout the year. 2016 is listed as a World Heritage Site. The villa has practiced Le Corbusier's five point of constructions put forward in “Towards New Architec ture”, which represents the foundation of the modern architectural concept and is the most famous piece of internatio...