Villa Savoye is a modernist house designed by Le Corbusier in 1929. It incorporates Le Corbusier's five points of architecture - pilotis, a flat roof, an open floor plan, ribbon windows, and a free facade. The house appears to float above the landscape on slender pilotis and features ribbon windows that blur the boundary between interior and exterior. It was an influential example of early modern architecture that celebrated industrial technology through its streamlined design and use of new materials like steel, glass, and reinforced concrete.

1. VillaSavoye
Le Corbusier
“The house is a machine for living”

2. Introduc
tion
 “The house is a machine for living “
 Charles Edoured Jenneret ( 6 oct 1887 – 27 August 1965) known as
Le Corbusier .
 French Architect , painter , designer , urban designer , writer and
one of the pioneers of what is now regards as “Modern
architecture”.
 He was born in Switzerland and become french citizen In 1930.
 His career spanned five decades , and he designed buildings in
Europe , Japan , India and North and South America.

3. Climatic
conditions
 In POISSY , the summers are short , comfortable , partly cloudy .
 The winters are long very cold , windy , mostly cloudy.
 The temperature varies 34° to 77° F° And is rarely below 24° and
above 88° .
 Temperature : warm seasons Lasts for 2.9 months From june 12
to September 10With and average daily temperature above 70°
F.
 The hottest day of the year is August 3With an average high of
77°F to low 58°F.
 The Cool Season lasts for 3.7 months from November 15 to march
7 with an average Daily temperature below 51° F.
 The Coldest Day of the year is February 8 with an average low
35°F to High of 45°F.

4. Geographical
conditions
 The poissy lies on 32 m above sea Level .
 Climate is warm in temperature .
 The temperature averages 11.1° C|51.8°F .
 616 mm About 24.3 inch precipitation falls annually .

5. Location

6. VillaSavoye

7. VillaSavoye :
Ground floor
Plan

8. First floor Plan

9. Section

10. Concept
 Villa Savoye is one of the most Significant
contribution to the modern architecture In
the 20th Century .
 It is a modern to take on a french country
and House that celebrates and reacts the
new machine age .
 This statement is not simplyTranslated
intoThe designOf human scaled
assembly line Rather the design begin.
 In response to his aspirations and
administrations Of mechanized design ,
 He established “The Five Points “ Of
architecture , which is simply a list of
prescribed ElementsTo be incorporated In
design.
 “The Five Points” can beThoughts of Le
Corbusiers Modern interpretation Of
Vitruvius ten book On architecture , not
literally In the sense of an instructional
Manual for architects, but rather a
checklist Of necessary components Of
design.
 So that ,Villa Savoye thoroughly tailored
to Corbusiers Five Points.
 -Pilotis
 -Flat RoofTerrace
 -Open Plan
 -RibbonWindows
 -Free Facades
 AtThis point in Le Corbusiers Career he
became Intrigued By technology and
design of steamship.
 The simplistic , streamlined Result born
out of innovative Engineering techniques
and modular design had influenced
Corbusiers spatial planning and
minimalistic asthetics.

11. Design
 The pilotis that support the
decks , ribbon windows that
run alongside hull.
 The ramps providing a
moment egress from deck to
deck .
 All of these aspects serves as
the foundation of five points
architecture and are found in
overall Composition of ‘VILLA
SAVOYE’.

12.  Upon entering the site , the
house appears to be floating
above the forested
Picturesque Background
supported Slender pilotis that
seemTo dissolve among the
tree line .
 As the lower level is also
painted green ailude to
perception Of a floating
volume.

13.  The Lower level serves as
maintenance and service
Programs of the house.
 One of the most interesting
aspects of the house is
curved glass facades on the
lower levelThat is formed to
matchThe turning radius of
automobiles Of 1929 .
 So that the owner drives
underneath the Larger
volume they can pull Into
garageWith the ease of
Slight turn.

14.  Th living quarters , or the
upper volume filled with
ribbon windows that bled
seamlessly Into the stark,
white facade , which void the
facades of the hierarchy.
 The ribbon windows begin to
play with perception of
interior and exterior , which
does not fully become
expressed until Once inside.

15. However once inside ,there
becomes a clear understanding
the spatial interplay between
public and private spaces.
 Typically, the living spaces of
house Relatively private,
closed off and rather
scheduled.
 Yet,Le Corbusiers Situates
the living space around
communal , Outdoor terrace
that is separated from the
living area by a sliding glass
wall.

16.  This notion of privatized areas
within larger Communal
setting Is a common thread
Later On in Le Corbusiers
housing projects.
 Both the upper and lower level
Living quarters are based off
an open plan idea ,that
provokes inhabitant to
continuously Meander
between Spaces .
 As an Architectural tour de
force , Le Corbusier
incorporates A series of ramps
moving from the lower all the
way to the rooftop garden
,which requires the inhabitant
to slow down and experience
movement between spaces.

17.  Villa Savoye is a house based
design On architectural
promenade.
 Its experience is in the
movement through the
spaces.
 it is not until one becomes
familiar with subtle
preculiariteis that the
movement and propotionally
of the spaces evokes a sense
of Monumentality with the
parisian suburb.

18. Material
 The material used in villa
Savoye is porsaic materials.
 Such material were used
during this time in building
houses for lower class
Parisians.
 Although the House
designed for affluent .
 Plaster wallS and iron
handrails are used .
 He introduced steel , glass ,
reinforced concrete,A shift
away from what he saw as
impractical Materials and
methodS of the timeVilla
Savoye constructed from
reinforced concrete And
masonry units.