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Villa Savoye: Le Corbusier's Modernist Icon

The document summarizes a presentation by Group 06 on Villa Savoye, a modernist villa designed by Swiss architect Le Corbusier. It provides biographical information on Le Corbusier and describes the villa's location outside Paris. The villa uses materials like concrete and plastered unit masonry and was designed based on Le Corbusier's "Five Points" of pilotis, a roof terrace, free plan, ribbon windows, and a free facade. It is considered an early example of the International Style.

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Villa Savoye: Le Corbusier's Modernist Icon

The document summarizes a presentation by Group 06 on Villa Savoye, a modernist villa designed by Swiss architect Le Corbusier. It provides biographical information on Le Corbusier and describes the villa's location outside Paris. The villa uses materials like concrete and plastered unit masonry and was designed based on Le Corbusier's "Five Points" of pilotis, a roof terrace, free plan, ribbon windows, and a free facade. It is considered an early example of the International Style.

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VILLA SAVOYE

PRESENTATION
ABOUT US

GROUP 06
1. Qhayza Dara Intan Atlasya (21020118140067)
2. Alifia Putri Sumarno (21020118140072)
3. Dimas Iqbal Darmawan (21020118130078)
4. Yayang Isnia Mukharomah (21020118130090)
CONTENT
• Biography Architect
• General information
• Location
• Material
• Design
BIOGRAPHY ARCHITECT
Le Corbusier was born in Switzerlandon
October 6, 1887, Le Corbusier was the
second son of Edouard Jeanneret, an artist
who painted dials in the town’s renowned
watch industry, and Madame Jeannerct-
Perrct, a musician and piano teacher. At
age 13, Le Corbusier left primary school to
attend Arts Décoratifs at La Chaux-de-
Fonds, where he would learn the art of
enameling and engraving watch faces,
following in the footsteps of his father.

Le Corbusier
WORKS
Villa Savoye

And many more


General Information
Villa Savoye is a modernist villa
in Poissy, on the outskirts of
Paris, France. It was designed by
the Swiss architects Le
Corbusier and his cousin, Pierre
Jeanneret and built between
1928 and 1931 using reinforced
concrete. As an exemplar of Le
Corbusier's "five points" for new
constructions, the villa is
representative of the origins of
modern architecture and is one
of the most easily recognizable
and renowned examples of the
International style.
Where ?
Located just outside Paris, the Villa
Savoye offered an escape from the
crowded city for its wealthy
patrons. Its location on a large
unrestricted site allowed Le
Corbusier total creative freedom

82 Rue de Villiers, 78300 Poissy, Prancis


Material
Materials used were concrete and
plastered unit masonry Early and classic
example of the “international Style”

The majority of the house is white and this


symbolizes purity, simplicity, and wealth
The Design
The Villa Savoye is probably Le Corbusier’s best known building from the 1950s, it had enormous
influence on international modernism. It was designed addressing his emblematic “Five Points”, the basic
tenets in his new architectural aesthetic:

1. The Pilotis
2. The Roof Terrace
3. The Free Plan
4. The Ribbon Window
5. The Free Facade
1. The Pilotis
The building is raised up on
reinfoorced concrete pylons,
which allows Fot free circulation
on the ground level and
eliminates dark and damp
Parts of the house

Support of ground-level pilotis,


elevating the building from the
earth and allowed an extended
continuity of the garden
2. The Roof Terrace
Flat Roof

The slooping roof is replaced by a


flat Roof, the roof can be used as
a garden, for Promenades or
sports
Functional roof, serving as a garden and terrace, reclaiming for nature the land occupied by the building
3. The Free Plan
Load bearing walls are replaced by
a steel reinforced concrete
columns, so the interior can be
freely designed, and interiors walls
can put anywhere, or left out
entirely. The structure of The
building is not visible from
outsidex

Free floor plan, relieved of load-


bearing walls, allowing walls to be
placed freely and only where
aesthetically needed
4. The Ribbon Window

Since the walls do not support The house, the windows can run the Entire length of the house, so All
rooms can get equal light
Long horizontal windows, providing illumination and ventilation
5. The Free Facade
Since the building is supported by
columns in the Interior, the façade
can be much lighter and more
open ,or made entirely of glass.
There is no need for lintels Or
other structure around the Light Facade
windows

Freely-designed facades, serving


only as a skin of the wall and
windows and unconstrained by
load-bearing considerations.
Open space
THANK YOU!!
FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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