Le Corbusier developed five key architectural principles known as "the Five Points of a New Architecture" which emphasized pilotis, free ground plans and facades, horizontal windows, and roof gardens. These principles were exemplified in his Villa Savoye, which featured elevated columns to support the structure and allow for an open floor plan, horizontal windows along the entire facade, and a roof garden. The Villa Savoye also incorporated Le Corbusier's philosophy of designing for the automobile, with an entrance accessible by car and a garage below.

1. Design Philosophies of Le Corbusier
NAME: DIMPLE MOGLA
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2. INTRODUCTION
Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-French architect, designer,
painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern
architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career
spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India, and
America.
Le Corbusier’s Five Point Of Architecture
During his career, Le Corbusier developed a set of architectural principles that dictated his technique, called
"the Five Points of a New Architecture" which were most evident in his Villa Savoye. These were:
•Pilotis – The replacement of supporting walls by a grid of reinforced concrete columns that bears the load of
the structure is the basis of the new aesthetic.
•The free designing of the ground plan – The absence of supporting walls means that the house is
unrestrained in its internal usage.
•The free design of façade – By separating the exterior of the building from its structural function the façade
becomes free.
•The horizontal window – The façade can be cut along its entire length to allow rooms to be lit equally.
•Roof gardens – The flat roof can be utilized for a domestic purpose while also providing essential protection
to the concrete roof.

3. MODULAR
•Le Corbusier explicitly used the golden ratio in his Modular system for the scale of architectural
proportion.
•The Modular is an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by him.
•It is based on the height of an english man with his arm raised.
•He used the proportion of the human body to improve the appearance and function of Architecture.
FOUR STUDIES OF HIS FIVE POINTS :
•Maison La – Roche Jeanneret
•Villa Stein
•Villa at Carthage
• Villa Savoye

4. PILOTIS
• In modern architecture, pilotis are ground-level supporting
columns. A prime example is Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye in
Poissy, France. Another is Patrick Gwynne's The Homewood in
Surrey, England.
Villa savoye The homewood

5. FUNCTIONAL ROOF
• The roof of the building served as a garden and terrace and
thus shows a sense of functionality to the whole building and
its one of the main feature of the philosophy.
View from west side Southwest corner of terrace

6. FREE FLOOR PLAN

7. LONG HORIZONTAL WINDOWS

8. FREELY DESIGNED FACADES
• Freely-designed facades, serving only as a skin of the
wall and windows and unconstrained by load-bearing
considerations.
SOUTH FAÇADE NORTH FACADE

9. VILLA SAVOYE
• The plan was set out using the principle ratios of the Golden
section: in this case a square divided into sixteen equal parts,
extended on two sides to incorporate the projecting façades
and then further divided to give the position of the ramp and
the entrance. In his book Vers une Architecture Corbusier
exclaimed "the motor car is an object with a simple function
(to travel) and complicated aims (comfort, resistance,
appearance)...".
• The house, designed as a second residence and sited as it was
outside Paris was designed with the car in mind. The sense of
mobility that the car gave translated into a feeling of
movement that is integral to the understanding of the
building.

10. VILLA SAVOYE
• The approach to the house was by car, past the caretaker's
lodge and eventually under the building itself. Even the
curved arc of the industrial glazing to the ground floor
entrance was determined by the turning circle of a car.
Dropped off by the chauffeur, the car proceeded around the
curve to park in the garage. Meanwhile the occupants entered
the house on axis into the main hall through a portico of
flanking columns.

11. VILLA SAVOYE(LOWER PLAN)

12. VILLA SAVOYE(UPPER PLAN)

13. References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier's_Five_Points_of_Architecture