The document discusses the International Style of architecture. It describes the International Style as a design approach that developed in Europe in the 1920s and was influenced by developments in visual arts. It emphasizes functionality over ornamentation with regular forms and volumetric masses. Some key characteristics include an emphasis on regularity and form following function using industrial materials. The document also discusses famous architects like Le Corbusier and some of their notable buildings designed in the International Style such as the Villa Savoye.

1. ATIKA SINGH-14/AR/008
PALAK VERMA-14/AR/016
School Of Architecture
Gautam Buddha University, Gr.Noida

2.  What is International Style?
 About International Style
 Characteristic of International Style
 Design principles of International Style
 Famous Architects
 Famous building of International style

3.  In Architecture this term describes a type of
design that developed mainly in Germany ,
Holland and France during 1920’s.
 Mirrors early 20th century development
visual arts.
 Merging of Aesthetics with functionality was
one of the main feature.
 Mass produced materials, economical,
functional, efficient society, urban center.

4.  It became the dominant style of 20th century
architecture for institutional and commercial
buildings , and super ceded the traditional
historical style
 International Style:
› Volume
› Regularity
› Avoid Decoration
 The ideals of the style can be summed up in four slogans:
“ornament is a crime” “truth to materials”
“form follows function” “machines for living”
(Le Corbusier)

6. MAIN FUNCTIONAL FEATURES :-
•WINDOW
•RAMP
•STAIRS
•COLUMN
•He was also especially concerned to maximize the entry of light into
a building by replacing load-bearing walls in its facade.
•His somewhat utopian designs, often characterized by the heavy
use of reinforced pre-cast concrete, paved the way for Brutalism, a
super-functional style of urban and campus architecture
Naked concrete building

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MAIN BUILDING
ARCHITECT- LE CORBUSIER
YEAR - 1929
LOCATION- POISSY, PARIS, FRANCE

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GROUND
FLOOR HAS AN
ALMOST SEMI-
CIRCLE FACING
NORTH,
ILLUSTRATING
AUTOMOBILES
• He wanted to have the building
revolve around the car.
•Corbusier uses French to
describe the five points:
· pilotis- Stilt
· faҫade libre- free facade
· fenȇtre en longueur-
window length
· plan libre- free plan
· toit-jardin- roof top
garden
EVOLUTION
OF FORM
•The actual form
of the building
looks as if it’s
floating on the
piece of land that
it is standing on.
• The stilts actually become visible as you approach the
building

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Stilts
Main Entry

11. •Three car space parking
•Direct entry to the house and
roof garden.
•Ritualistic entrance is taken by
the car around the outside of the
house between the 'pilotis'.
•Ramp circulation
inside the house
•A sink in the
foyer area where
the owner would
come in from a
hard day at work
and wash his
impurities away
and settle into
his home.
Vehicle circulation

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13. ROOF PLAN

14. BATHROOM
BEDROOM
The long
windows running
along the South of
the building.
•The bathroom is
topped with
mosaic tiles which
cover it's walls
and the chaise
long bench which
allows the
occupier to slip
straight into the
equally adorned
sunken bath
• The bedroom is the
combining of the
bathroom and the
bedroom spaces,
which 'are barely
separated by a
curtain'

15. •The roof terrace another of Le
Corbusier 5 points of architecture is
a large outdoor space utilized as a
garden, a clean tiled free of grit and
dirt garden.
• The terrace also has the outside
ramp, a continuing driving force of
motion through the house and the
horizontal plane of windows is
continued along the protective
outside wall, which blocks the
elements of wind from the terrace,
with cut away view finders.
Living room separated by
a large window from roof

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NORTH ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION

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HORIZONTAL SECTION

19. LIVING ROOM
KITCHEN
PATIO
RAMP

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•Interior view
section of stairs and
ramp

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•The use of reinforced concrete was a very modern
method of construction
•Villa Savoye had a concept of open plan and free
space. He used REINFORCED CONCRETE for
structural integrity.
•It can be used to create curves with ease and
flexibility in creating complex shapes, allowing to
create the solarium and U-shaped ground floor.

22. CONSTRUCTION DETAIL

25. •All the construction is done with:
oConcrete
oReinforced Steel
oRock Foundation
•Entire house is cantilevered in
japanese style.
•Gives an organic feel , influenced
by the river it is built upon.

26.  Wright described it as the principle of repose where forest, stream, rock and
all elements of structures are combined quietly.

27. TERRACE
WAY OVER THE
BRIDGE TO
ENTRANCE
PLUNG POOL
GUEST HOUSE

28. FALLING WATER FLOOR PLAN

29. WOODEN CEILIG IS USED
SKY LIGHT PROVIDED
HUGE GLASS WINDOWS ARE
PROVIDED AS A PART OF
ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE
STAIRCASE ARE
MADE WITH WOODEN
PLANKS

30. Vertical elements constructed in native stone- gives a sculptural quality though at the
same still highlighting the horizontal.
Horizontal
elements- poured
concrete
Planes (horizontal
and vertical)
differentiated by
changes in colour,
texture and
material
highlights scale

31. EXPOSED BOUNDARIES
LIGHT SCREEN
IN LIVING
ROOM
WOODEN CEILING

32. INTERIORS OF FALLING WATERS
Detail draws eye to the
ceiling- emphasize the
horizontal and change in form
Strong visual accent
HEARTH SYMBOLIC
COMFORT
Attempt to blur the
distinction between the
interior and exterior
Combination of materials
in interior harmonizes with
outside

33. WINDOW FRAME VIEW
Repetition of
form in
furniture
continues to
accentuate
the horizontal
Simple interior
encourages
the
incorporation
of outdoors as
part of the
overall design
OPEN SPACE
EMPHASISES SCALE OF
ROOM

34. THE INTERIOR IS
SIMPLE WITH
PROMINENT
DECORATION
THE SURROUNDING IS USED
IN THE DESIGN WHICH GIVES
THE BUILDING DESIRABLE
LOOK

35. DIFFERENT VIEWS AND SKETCHES OF FALLING
WATERS

36.  Early Work
 Prairie Style
 Organic architecture
 Revival of past,
 Spiral (100’)
 Unified
 Purity
 Movement
 Competes with/
enhances artwork
 Sculpture Resemblance to
forms in nature
 Organic Experience
 Defies/Mimics regularity
of Intl style

37. SITTING ARRANGEMENT
FALSE CEILING
SKY LIGHT
CORRIDOR

38. SOURCES
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Architecture-273002294
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8KanTTEOKdM/TftYmZXcVsI/AAAAAAAAAQA/CA98WT-
jank/s1600/Scan__2011061715304600.jp
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