Final Submission: Drawing 4

The last drawing shows a Le Corbusier chair over-layed with a human figure. This relates to the way Le Corbusier designer for the person. What he created was not purely conceptual but designed to be used by people. All of this Submission looked at this idea beginning on a larger scale and sequentially getting to the human scale. I think Villa Savoye, although demonstrating and the mathematical and conceptual principles which Le Corbusier thought important, was designed specifically for the client. His methods and formulas used in the design were a means to an end but not the end in itself.

Final Submission Drawings 3

These drawings look at the elements used within the Villa which are included specifically to manipulate the experiences of the people living and moving inside. These include the types of floor finishes (the wood parquet flooring is used in the bedrooms and lounge room while tiles are used in the bathrooms and hallways), colour ( colour was used to manipulate a persons mood), railings, doors and windows.

Final Submission: Drawings 2

These drawings show the the Villa Savoye in comparison to a typical 1920's double brick home. I have analysed the volumes allotted to each type of room and colour coded them accordingly. What seems most evident is the greater amount of outdoor/public space which related back to Le Corbusier's implied ideal way of living.

Final Submission: Drawings 1

These images show the facade and floor plans for the Villa which are have regulating lines superimposed over the top. A quote by Le Corbusier's A new Architecture reads, "the choice of regulating line is one of the most decisive moments of inspiration it is symmetry of the vital moments of architecture". Despite this aspects of the villa cannot be explained using regulating line, specifically the ribbon window and roof garden, both included in his five points or architecture. I interpret this as displaying the mix of conceptual ideas as well as the practical needs within the building. The client has become the more important than the idea.

Final Submissions: Model 2

MODEL 2:

This model also relates to the form of the villa as well as the geometric ordering tools used withing the Villa. The model has been created to demonstrate how the form of the villa has been created by subtracting volumes from a pure geometric form, a rectangular prism.

Final Submissions: Model 1

MODEL 1:

This model represents the way in which the structural elements (columns) of the Villa Savoye have been manipulated in order to accommodate the residential needs of the client. The 16x16 grid, which is an ordering tool used within the Villa demonstrates how Corbusier compromised his ideas concerning order and geometry, which he claimed were so important in promoting an ideal way of living in order to accommodate the family. This demonstrates just how important the client is and how the Villa is not just about an ideal "machine for living" but also a home for people to live.