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| Floors supported by columns |
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| Free floor plan |
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| Freely designed facade |
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| Rooftop terrace |
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| Horizontal windows |
Monday, 15 August 2011
Sustenance
Saturday, 13 August 2011
"The Five Points": My interpretation
Increasingly people are exercise more control over the environment in which they live. Houses now have become machines which work around our way of living and it might be said that buildings have more significance now, than in 1929 when the Villa Savoye was built. Le Corbusier designed in a manner which forecasted and addressed the needs of lifestyles of the future.
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Sustenance: Machine For Living
This fortnight I am focusing on the work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier who came up with the idea that the home is a "machine for living". A humans' necessary daily rituals of eating, sleeping, excreting, washing and exercising can be performed in and around the house. Le Corbusier's five main principles concerning this concept were:
1. Lifting the supporting floor slabs up onto columns which carried the load (the pilotis) allowing for;
2. A freely-designed facade, unconstrained by the load-bearing considerations - only consisting of a thin 'skin' of wall and windows.
3. A free floor plan, achieved from the elimination of load bearing walls replaced with the pilotis.
4. Unencumbered views, provided by the horizontal windows allowing for even illumination and ventilation.
5. A flat roof garden terrace, reclaiming the footprint of the building for domestic purposes, giving back to the landscape what was taken.
1. Lifting the supporting floor slabs up onto columns which carried the load (the pilotis) allowing for;
2. A freely-designed facade, unconstrained by the load-bearing considerations - only consisting of a thin 'skin' of wall and windows.
3. A free floor plan, achieved from the elimination of load bearing walls replaced with the pilotis.
4. Unencumbered views, provided by the horizontal windows allowing for even illumination and ventilation.
5. A flat roof garden terrace, reclaiming the footprint of the building for domestic purposes, giving back to the landscape what was taken.
The Villa Savoye 1929 (pictured) is a perfect example of Le Corbusier's "The Five Points". The intention was to cause as little disturbance as possible to the existing natural surroundings. It was a representation of a new vision in the form of functional architecture with vertical circulation, facilitated by ramps and stairs, to create a harmonious experience whilst people move through the various spaces.
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
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