ASSIGNMENT 1 (PART C)

ABOUT :-
• Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier
• He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades, and he designed
buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and North and South America.
• Le Corbusier prepared the master plan for the city of Chandigarh in India,

IMPACT :-
• Le Corbusier was influential in urban planning, and was a founding member of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM).
• Le Corbusier began teaching himself by going to the library to read about architecture and philosophy, by visiting museums, by sketching
buildings, and by constructing them.

BUILDING :-
• 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.
• The house was originally built as a country retreat for the Savoye family.
• After being purchased by the neighbouring school, it became the property of the French state in 1958.
• After surviving several proposals to demolish it, it was designated as an official French historical monument in 1965
• The Villa Savoye, which is probably Le Corbusier's best known building from the 1930s, had an enormous influence on international
Its modernism.
design embodied his emblematic "Five Points", the basic tenets in his new architectural aesthetic:[5]
1. Support of ground-level pilotis, elevating the building from the earth and allowing the garden to be extended to the space beneath.
2. A functional roof serving as a garden and terrace, reclaiming for Nature the land occupied by the building. ARYAN MAHAHAN
3.A free floor plan, devoid of load-bearing walls, allowing walls to be placed freely and only where aesthetically needed. 1815991013
4.Long horizontal windows for illumination and ventilation. SEM – 6 (A)
5.Freely-designed façades functioning merely as a skin for the wall and windows, and unconstrained by load-bearing