If you're a tourist in Paris, your sights are probably set on the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre, and a quaint brasserie by the Seine to cap it all off. For architects visiting the city, another attraction most likely beckons. Villa Savoye is a house built in the village of Poissy, west of Paris, in 1932 by architect Le Corbusier. Although not especially striking today, it was one of the first steps into Modern Architecture, which would go on to dominate cityscapes after the Second World War. Speaking of which, Villa Savoye nearly didn't survive the war, during which it was occupied by the Germans, and then the Americans. Afterwards it was nearly torn down to make room for a school, but the architecture community's cries were heard. It was restored from 1985 - 1997, and today it is a UNESCO world heritage site.
Bonus:
Villa Sovoye was built with Le Corbusier's 'Five Points of Architecture' in mind:
- Concrete columns (called 'pilotis') in place of supporting walls
- Freely designing of the ground plan, making use of the lack of supporting walls
- Freely design of the façade, independant of the building's structural function
- Horizontal windows, to light all rooms equally
- Roof gardens, to protect the roof and provide a relaxing space of the tenants
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