VILLA SAVOYE,

POISSY.
BY
LE CORBUSIER
 THE FIVE POINT PHILOSOPHY OF
LE CORBUSIER.
• Pilotis – Replacement of supporting walls by a grid
of reinforced concrete columns that bears the structural
load is the basis of the new aesthetic.
• The free designing of the ground plan—the absence of
supporting walls—means the house is unrestrained in its
internal use.
• The free design of the façade—separating the exterior of
the building from its structural function—sets the façade
free from structural constraints.
• The horizontal window, which cuts the façade along its
entire length, lights rooms equally.
• Roof gardens on a flat roof can serve a domestic purpose
while providing essential protection to the concrete roof.
Villa Savoye is a modernist villa in Poissy, in
the outskirts of Paris, France. It was
designed by Swiss architects Le
Corbusier and his cousin, Pierre
Jeanneret , and built between 1928 and
1931 using reinforced concrete. It has
proved to be one of the most easily
recognizable and renowned examples of
the International style. The house was
built as a country retreat on behest of
the Savoye family.
 Initial owners-
Pierre and Emilie
Savoye

the initial brief

prepared by Emilie
was for a summer
house, space for
the cars, an extra
bedroom and
caretakers lodge.
 The estimate
was
approximately
half a million
francs.
The cost later
raised to be
800,000 francs.
Ground floor – main entrance hall,
ramp and stairs, garage, maids room.
1st floor – master bedroom, sons
bedroom, guestroom, kitchen, salon
and external terraces.
2nd floor – sculpted spaces forming
the solarium.
• The horizontal ribbon
windows found in his
earlier villas also.
Ramp leading to first floor.
• Ramp leading to the
first floor living area and
salon that could be
seen from all most
everywhere in the
house.
 Ramp leading
to the living
room in the
first floor,
further leading
to the external
terraces.
Roof top garden.
 The curved arc
of the industrial
glazing was
determined by
the turning circle
of a car.
staircase
Bath tub of the
master
bedroom
made up of
aqua tiles.
After being purchased by the neighbouring
school it passed on to be property of
the French state in 1958, and after surviving
several plans of demolition, it was designated
as an official French historical monument in
1965. In 1985, a thorough state-funded
restoration process, led by architect Jean-
Louis Véret, was undertaken, being
,completed in 1997.
Other works of le Corbusier.

Ron champ
cathedral,
France.
Secretariat building, Chandigarh.
United nations headquarters,
New York city
Museum and art gallery, Chandigarh.