Villa Savoye, Poissy 1928
Located in a suburb, Poissy near Paris. Villa Savoye is one of the most famous houses of the modern movement in architecture, also is a masterpiece of Le Corbusier's purist design. It is the best example of Le Corbusier's thought of machine for living. We can find his five points of architecture: pilotis, roof garden, free plan, free facade and ribbon windows, also the color white, the cube, the sphere, the cylinder, the pyramid together at this project. The buildig looks different from every angle.
The design features are
Modulor design- golden section and human proportin
free plan
free facade
ribbon windows
pilotis- the house is rised on stilts to separate it from land for a efficient use.
abstract sculptural design
nontraditional transitions between floors
the color white as purity, simplicity, and health
roof garden
Cube and cylinder forms