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VillaSavoye
PoissyFrance
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VillaSavoye
PoissyFrance
Booklet available in English on
Heft in deutscher Sprache erhältlich auf
Livret disponible en français sur
Folleto disponible en español en
Folheto disponível em português em
A füzet magyarul ezen a honlapon olvasható:
Architecture.LEGO.com
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Contents
Villa Savoye................................................................................................................... 5
Architectural significance.................................................................................... 6
The design & construction of Villa Savoye .............................................10
The interiors.................................................................................................................12
From 1931 to today...................................................................................................18
Le Corbusier ............................................................................................................. 20
Facts about Villa Savoye....................................................................................22
A word from the artist ........................................................................................148
The ‘Scale Model’ line - LEGO Architecture in the 1960s...........150
References................................................................................................................155
Villa Savoye................................................................................................................... 5
Importance architecturale.................................................................................. 6
La conception et la construction de la Villa Savoye.........................11
Les intérieurs ..............................................................................................................12
De 1931 à aujourd’hui .............................................................................................19
Le Corbusier ...............................................................................................................21
Informations sur la Villa Savoye.....................................................................22
Un mot de l’artiste ......................................................................................148-149
La ligne des “maquettes à l’échelle” - L’architecture LEGO dans
les années 1960......................................................................................................151
Références................................................................................................................155
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Contenu
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Lying on the outskirts of Paris, France, and completed
in 1931, Villa Savoye was designed as a private country
house by the Swiss-born architect, Le Corbusier. It
quickly became one of the most influential buildings
in the International style of architecture and cemented
Le Corbusier’s reputation as one of the most important
architects of the 20th century.
Située dans les environs de Paris, et terminée en 1931,
la Villa Savoye est une maison de campagne privée
conçue par l’architecte d’origine suisse Charles-
Édouard Jeanneret, plus connu sous le nom de Le
Corbusier. Elle est rapidement devenue l’un des
plus célèbres bâtiments dans le style international
d’architecture et établit la réputation de Le Corbusier
comme l’un des architectes les plus importants du
vingtième siècle.
Villa Savoye
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When the construction of Villa Savoye began in 1928,
Le Corbusier was already an internationally known
architect. His book Vers une Architecture (Towards a
New Architecture) had been translated into several
languages, while his work on the Centrosoyuz Building
in Moscow, Russia, had brought him into contact with
the Russian avant-garde. As one of the first members
of the Congrès International d’Architecture Moderne
(CIAM), he was also becoming known as an important
and vocal champion of modern architecture. Villa
Savoye would be the last in a series of white “Purist
villas” designed and constructed by Le Corbusier
and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret in and around the
city of Paris during the 1920s. Encouraged by the
Savoye family’s open brief, Le Corbusier ensured that
the design of the house would become the physical
representation of his ‘Total Purity’ ideals.
Lorsque la construction de la Villa Savoye
commença en 1928, Le Corbusier était déjà un
architecte internationalement célèbre. Son livre
Vers une architecture avait été traduit en plusieurs
langues, et son travail sur le bâtiment Centrosoyuz
à Moscou l’avait mis en contact avec l’avant-garde
russe. En tant que l’un des premiers membres
du Congrès International d’Architecture Moderne
(CIAM), il devenait aussi célèbre comme un
défenseur important et éloquent de l’architecture
moderne.
La Villa Savoye allait être la dernière d’une série de
«villas puristes» blanches, conçues et construites
par Le Corbusier et son cousin Pierre Jeanneret
à Paris et dans les environs dans les années 1920.
Encouragé par la liberté donnée par la famille
Savoye, Le Corbusier s’est assuré que la conception
de la maison devienne la représentation physique
de ses idéaux de «pureté totale».
Architectural significance Importance architecturale
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The villa was to be constructed according to the
emblematic ‘Five Points’ Le Corbusier had developed
as guiding principles for his modernist architectural
style:
La villa allait être construite en accord avec les «cinq
points » emblématiques que Le Corbusier avait
développés comme principes directeurs pour son
style architectural :
1. Pilotis, tels que les colonnes ou les piliers, qui élèvent
le bâtiment et permettent une continuité étendue du
jardin en dessous.
2. Toit-terrasse, servant de jardin et de terrasse,
récupérant pour la nature le terrain occupé par le
bâtiment.
3. Plan libre libéré des murs porteurs, permettant aux
murs d’être placés librement et uniquement lorsqu’ils
sont nécessaires esthétiquement.
4. Fenêtres en longueur, fournissant illumination et
ventilation.
5. Façade libre, servant uniquement de peau du mur et
des fenêtres et dégagée des considérations de port
de charge.
L’application des «cinq points» de Le Corbusier allait
compliquer le processus de construction et créer
par la suite plusieurs problèmes pratiques pour la
famille Savoye, mais le résultat final était une fusion
spectaculaire d’architecture moderne et de nature. La
Villa Savoye se fondait en harmonie avec son cadre
naturel et devint l’un des bâtiments les plus influents
des années 1930, imité partout dans le monde. Quatre-
vingts ans plus tard, ce bâtiment est toujours considéré
comme une icône architecturale.
1. Pilotis, such as columns or pillars, which elevate
the building and allow 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. Open 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 façades, serving as only as a skin
of the wall and windows and unconstrained by load-
bearing considerations.
While the implementation of Le Corbusier’s ‘Five
Points’ would complicate the building process and,
later, create a number of practical issues for the
Savoye family, the result remains a stunning fusion
between modern architecture and the surrounding
nature in which it is placed. Villa Savoye became one
of the most influential buildings of the 1930s, spawning
imitations all over the world, and it continues to be a
true architectural icon 80 years later.
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Villa Savoye was commissioned as a private country
residence by Pierre and Emilie Savoye in 1928. They
came from a wealthy Parisian family that ran a large and
successful insurance company and owned land in the
town of Poissy, 30 km (18.6 miles) to the west of Paris. The
land upon which they intended to build was a sloping
meadow, surrounded by forest and with a magnificent
view of the River Seine. Apart from the number of rooms
required and the wish for all the latest technical fittings
befitting a modern home, Le Corbusier noted that his
clients were: ‘quite without preconceptions, either old
or new’ and only had a vague idea of what their future
country house should look like.
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret quickly went to work
and by mid-October 1928 were able to present a detailed
sketch of their idea. The first scheme underwent several
modifications, resulting in four subsequent sets of
drawings. Two of these—the second and third—differed
from the first, while the final two drawings returned to
the initial ideas of the first sketches, but decreased the
overall size to reduce costs.
The primary design principles were relatively clear: the
building would occupy a strategic position in the centre
of the site and the views would be further maximized
by means of pillars which would raise the house by one
level. Unlike his earlier town villas Le Corbusier was
able to carefully design all four sides of the Villa Savoye
in response to the view and the orientation of the sun.
On the ground floor he placed the main entrance hall,
the ramp and the stairs, the garage, and rooms for the
chauffeur and maids. On the first floor were the master
bedroom, a bedroom for the Savoyes’ child, a guest
bedroom, kitchen, living-room and external terraces.
The living-room was orientated towards the northwest,
while the terrace faced south. The son’s bedroom faced
southeast, and the kitchen and service terrace were on
the northeastern side. On the second floor level there
were a series of sculpted spaces that formed a solarium.
The design & construction of Villa Savoye
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