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ARCHITECT
INFLUENCE
PHILOSOPHY
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES
DESIGN LANGUAGE
Steel frame support systems utilized grid organization and free wall placement
BACKGROUND
Balanced asymmetry
PORTFOLIO
VILLA JEANNERET-PERRET
VILLA SCHWOB
Still known at this point as his birth name, Jeanneret was given
the opportunity to design his parents new home. This work
is described as strikingly different from [his] earlier works,
as it is highly influenced by his travels during the four years
prior to its design (Baltanas 2005). One can see elements
in the villa which would resurface in his later works: long,
horizontal strips of glazing, a relative lack of ornamentation,
favoring of simple materials, and use of geometrical forms, to
name a few.
The villa designed for M. and M. George Besnus is a large motion even closer to Le Corbusiers modern style and design
principles.The villa features two rectangular masses contrasted by size and the vertical and horizontal orientation of each.
The small vertical stairwell element was originally added to
the house at a 90 degree angle, creating an L shape, but Le
Corbusier changed it for the purpose of unity. One can see
even more evidence of what would become Le Corbusiers
recognizable style.
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JOSHUA MOLLMAN
FALL 2014
LE CORBUSIER
A PRECEDENT ANALYSIS
VILLA SAVOYE
ANALYSIS
Key:
Primary Axis
Square Grid
Central Ramp
Stairs
The organizational systems of each floor, set into the same grid allowing for a separation of structure and enclosure, are:
Access curve determined by cars turning radius, balanced asymmetry on primary
axis
Rectangular slab divided on a diagonal axis into balanced public and private areas
Free curved roof screens which both proclaim and contain the relationship to
natural surroundings (Baker 1984).
The movement route has special significance, being the means of linking the successive experiences provided by the villa (Baker 1984)
STRUCTURE
The Villa Savoye was designed as a summer home for the Savoye family. According to Le
Corbusier, they were clients totally free of preconceptions, ancient or modern (Quoted in Baltanas 2005). Le Corbusier aimed to integrate the home and the automobile,
and because it was to be a summer home, he also wanted to allow for contemplation
of nature (Benton 1987). It is described as a receptacle for sunlight elevated above the
landscape (Baker 1984).
Key:
CONCEPT
Piloti/Column
Grid
Key:
Interior
Circulation
Key:
Access Curve
Vehicle
Circulation
Pilotis
Central Slab
The essential concept of the villa consists of three distinct layered elements: the
ground-floor access curve, first floor slab, and second floor curved roof screen. All
three are linked by a ramp spanning all of the floors, as the route of movement was
highly influencial in determining the forms.
This regular cubic form provides an ordering baseline which states the major theme of
the design, that of the relationship between an elevated cubic volume and its surroundings. The roof screen and access volume explore the fundamental tension between
curves and the orthoganal system...
Geoffrey H. Baker (Baker 1984)
The house is a box in the air, pierced all round, without interruption, by a horizontal
window.
Le Corbusier (Quoted in Baltanas 2005)
The sense of dynamism is encouraged by the way the route curves around the access
volume and by the dramatic exploitation of the ramp.
Geoffrey H. Baker (Baker 1984)
Roof Screen
The grid of the pilotis can be seen in both plan and section views. The access volume on the ground floor is seen in elevation as a segmented curve of glazing, while the curved roof screen is seen on the top floor. The front edge
of the slab appears as the largest rectangular volume in elevation view, and
the ribbon windows (one of the five points) have been highlighted in yellow.
Ribbon Windows
Key:
Massing
Primary
Hierarchy
Secondary
Hierarchy
The silhouette (red) is very simple and linear, and there is very little hierarchy other than size. From the second elevation, the silhouette is slightly different. However, the general idea is very much the same. The large slab is hierarchical in size, where one can even see the extension of the form over the
grid. Additionally, the roof screen is pushed towards one side of the roof.
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JOSHUA MOLLMAN
FALL 2014