Lego Architecture Вилла Савой (21014) [10/156] The design construction of villa savoye

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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