Presentation on
le Corbusier

• CHARLES EDOUARD JEANNERET NOW POPULARLY
KNOWN AS LE CORBUSIER
• HE AS A CHILD PREPARED HIMSELF FOR A MANUAL
OCCUPATION
• HE LEFT HIS SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 13½ YRS
• JOINED AN La-Chaux-de-Fonds Art School LATER
Le Corbusier
October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965)
French architect .
designer.
Urbanist
writer and
painter,

1.HE STARTED WORKING UNDER
CONTRACTER PERRET, LE
CORBUSIER’S SO CALLED MASTER
1. His own architectural practice with
his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret
(1896–1967), a partnership that
would last until 1940.
CONTRACTER PERRET

PHILOSOPHY OF LE CORBUSIER
• NO MATTER HOW OPEN & GREEN CITY SHOULD BE FRANKLY
URBAN,URBAN SURROUNDINGS ARE TO BE DEFINITELY
CONTRASTING WITH RURAL SURROUNDING.
• DENSITIES ARE IN THEMSELVES NOT A PROBLEM.CONJESTION &
SLUM CONDITION IN THE CITIES ARE DUE TO EXCESSIVE
COVERAGE,PERSISTENT OF OLD STREET PATTERN &
UNRESTRICTED LAND SPECULATION.
• SLUM EXIST BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE PROPER
SURROUNDING FOR HIGH DENSITY LIVING STILL PROVIDING FOR
CLASSIFIED STREET SYSTEM,PARKING AREA,ADEQUATE OPEN
SPACES FOR PARK,SPORTS FIELD & COMMUNITY CENTER.
• HE PROTEST AGAINST STRICT FUNCTIONALISM “HUMAN CREATIONS
THAT SURVIVES ARE THOSE WHICH PRODUCE EMOTIONS & NOT
THOSE WHICH ARE USEFUL”.

•, ADVOCATED CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI STORIED BUILDING FOR
BOTH RESIDENTIAL & RECREATIONAL PURPOSE.
•HE PROTESTED AGAINST THE CONJESTION & UGLINESS OF CITY.
•HE PROTESTS AGAINST THE INABILTY OF SOCIETY TO MUSTER
THE FORCES OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS IN THE CAUSE OF
URBAN ORGANISATION.
•THE IDEAL DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN BUILT UP & OPEN AREA
ACCORDING TO LE CORBUSIER FOR A CITY SHOULD BE :
•12 % FOR BUILDINGS
•REST 88 % OPEN LAND
• BUSINESS BUILDINGS 60 STORIES ONE QUARTER MILE
AWAY.
• RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX 8 STORIES WITH 120 PERSON
PER ACRE.
• FACTORY BUILDINGS OUTSIDE THE CITY.
• SINGLE HOUSES FOR FAMILY AT THE OUTSKIRT OF THE

Villa Savoye
built between 1928 and 1931

One of the most famous houses of the modern
movement in architecture, the Villa Savoye is a
masterpiece of LeCorbusier's purist design. It is
perhaps the best example of LeCorbusier's goal to
create a house which would be a "machine a
habiter," a machine for living (in). Located in a
suburb near Paris, the house is as beautiful and
functional as a machine.
The building looks different from every angle.
introduction

The villa was designed addressing Le Corbusier emblematic "Five Points", the basic
tenets in his new architectural aesthetic:
1. Support of ground-level pilots elevating the building from the earth and allowed an
extended continuity of the garden beneath.
2. Functional roof, serving as a garden and terrace, reclaiming for nature the land
occupied by the building.
3. Free floor plan, relieved of load-bearing walls, allowing walls to be placed freely
and only where aesthetically needed.
4. Long horizontal windows, providing illumination and ventilation.
5. Freely-designed facades, serving as only as a skin of the wall and windows and
unconstrained by load-bearing considerations

Support of ground-level pilots elevating the
building from the earth and allowed an
extended continuity of the garden beneath

Functional roof, serving as a garden
and terrace, reclaiming for nature the land
occupied by the building.

Long horizontal windows, providing
illumination and ventilation

Free floor plan, relieved of load-bearing
walls, allowing walls to be placed freely
and only where aesthetically needed.

Ground floor plan
it consist
1.Garage
2.Entrance hall
3.Staircase
4.Maids room (2 noise)
5.Laundry room
6.Drivers room
7.Ramp

First floor
consist
1. Living room
2. Kitchen
3. Kitchen terrace
4. Terrace with
skylight and planter
5. Hanging garden
6. Master bedroom
7. Bedroom
8. Private seating room
9. Toilet bloks
10.Passage and
staircase
11.ramp

Terrace floor
consist
1. Solarium
2. terrace