It was thoroughly renovated between 1985 and 1997, and the refurbished house is now open to visitors year-round under the care of the Centre des monuments nationaux. In July 2016, the house and 16 other buildings by Le Corbusier, spread over 7 countries, were inscribed as the The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier World Heritage Site by UNESCO. ==Background== By the end of the 1920s Le Corbusier was already an internationally renowned architect.
He was also one of the first members of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) and was becoming known as a champion of modern architecture. The villas designed by Le Corbusier in the early 1920s demonstrated what he termed the "precision" of architecture, where each feature of the design needed to be justified in design and urban terms.
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.
His work in the later part of the decade, including his urban designs for Algiers, began to be more free-form. ==History of the commission== Pierre and Eugénie Savoye approached Le Corbusier about building a country home in Poissy in the spring of 1928.
He began work on the project in September 1928.
His initial ideas were ultimately manifested in the final building, though between Autumn 1928 and Spring 1929 he drew up a set of alternative designs that were governed primarily by the Savoye couple's concerns regarding cost.
His initial ideas were ultimately manifested in the final building, though between Autumn 1928 and Spring 1929 he drew up a set of alternative designs that were governed primarily by the Savoye couple's concerns regarding cost.
The eventual solution to the cost problem was to reduce the volume of the building by moving the master bedroom down to the first floor and reducing the grid spacing from 5 metres to 4.75 metres. ==Construction== Estimates of the cost in February 1929 lay in the region of half a million Francs, although this excluded the cost of the lodge and the landscaping elements (almost twice the original budget).
The project was tendered in February, with contracts being awarded in March 1929.
When the construction of the project started, no design work had been done on the lodge, and the final design was only presented to the client in June 1929.
Although the construction of the entire house was completed within a year, it was not habitable until 1931. ==Design== The Villa Savoye, which is probably Le Corbusier's best known building from the 1930s, had an enormous influence on international modernism.
The restoration included structural and surface repairs to the façades and terraces because of the deterioration of the concrete; the installation of lighting and security cameras; and the reinstatement of some of the original fixtures and fittings. ==Legacy== The Villa Savoye was a very influential building of the 1930s, and imitations can be found all over the world.
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.
Although the construction of the entire house was completed within a year, it was not habitable until 1931. ==Design== The Villa Savoye, which is probably Le Corbusier's best known building from the 1930s, had an enormous influence on international modernism.
The building featured in two hugely influential books of the time: Hitchcock and Johnson's The International Style published in 1932, and F.
Yorke's The Modern House published in 1934, as well as the second volume of Le Corbusier's own series The Complete Works.
The Savoyes continued to live in the house until 1940, leaving during World War II.
In his 1947 essay The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa, Colin Rowe compared the Villa Savoye to Palladio's Villa Rotunda. The freedom given to Le Corbusier by the Savoyes resulted in a house that was governed more by his five principles than by any requirements of the occupants.
After being purchased by the neighbouring school, it became the property of the French state in 1958.
The villa was expropriated by the town of Poissy in 1958, which first used it as a public youth centre and later considered demolishing it to make way for a schoolhouse complex.
A first attempt at restoration was begun in 1963 by architect Jean Debuisson, despite opposition from Le Corbusier.
After surviving several proposals to demolish it, it was designated as an official French historical monument in 1965 (a rare event, as Le Corbusier was still living at the time).
The villa was added to the French register of historical monuments in 1965, becoming France's first modernist building to be designated as a historical monument, and also the first to be the object of restoration while its architect was still living.
It was thoroughly renovated between 1985 and 1997, and the refurbished house is now open to visitors year-round under the care of the Centre des monuments nationaux. In July 2016, the house and 16 other buildings by Le Corbusier, spread over 7 countries, were inscribed as the The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier World Heritage Site by UNESCO. ==Background== By the end of the 1920s Le Corbusier was already an internationally renowned architect.
In 1985, a thorough state-funded restoration process led by architect Jean-Louis Véret was undertaken.
It was thoroughly renovated between 1985 and 1997, and the refurbished house is now open to visitors year-round under the care of the Centre des monuments nationaux. In July 2016, the house and 16 other buildings by Le Corbusier, spread over 7 countries, were inscribed as the The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier World Heritage Site by UNESCO. ==Background== By the end of the 1920s Le Corbusier was already an internationally renowned architect.
It was completed in 1997.
It was thoroughly renovated between 1985 and 1997, and the refurbished house is now open to visitors year-round under the care of the Centre des monuments nationaux. In July 2016, the house and 16 other buildings by Le Corbusier, spread over 7 countries, were inscribed as the The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier World Heritage Site by UNESCO. ==Background== By the end of the 1920s Le Corbusier was already an internationally renowned architect.
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