Villa Schwob, ( La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland); 1916-7; Modern architecture R. He
Villa Schwob also called Villa Turque is a house located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It is the work of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret future Le Corbusier for its sponsor, Anatole Schwob, watchmaker. Its construction took place in 1916-1917. The fourth of the homes designed by Le Corbusier, which also considered it among the earliest achievements worthy of publication on the Esprit Nouveau. The structure is in reinforced concrete, while the epidermal brick lining. Starting from the "bottle house" in cement, rich in references to the poetics of the master Auguste Perret, Le Corbusier puts "the facades with terraces and the French, but in reinforced concrete. He obtains the reinforced concrete skeleton fill it with bricks in a few weeks. The construction is based on a reinforced concrete structure. Le Corbusier applies the principles of the patent "Dom-Ino" he filed in 1914. The frame carries the floors and the staircase and allows to release the plan. Th...