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A comparative study of the group model and some photographs

of the villa. By comparing the photos and model from

the same view, I've tried to see whether the model recreates

the same spaces and situations as the real building. You be the

judge!

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Source of photos 1, 6: No. 2, Sbriglio. (see below)

Source of photos 2, 3, 4, 5: No. 1, curtis. (see below)

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The final group model, with perspective, sectional and floor

plan views.

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Some of the architect's drawings and colour studies.

The pen drawings and text explanations in particular

informed my analysis of the building and helped frame

my approach the to parti; the demarcation between

exterior and interior space.

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Pen drawings source: No. 1, Curtis. (see below)

Colour studies source: No. 2, Sbriglio. (see below)

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The above image comparison and text are, to me, an

interestingly simple way of exploring and expressing the

essence of the Villa Savoye. In Le Corbusier's own words,

"the house: a machine for living." The Villa Savoye was an

idealised home; not a formal or aesthetic revolution, but

an architecture completely servant to its human inhabitants

and their needs. Thus, similar to a farmer's vernacular dwelling

in both construction and intention.

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Source: No. 3, Vogt. (See below)

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Image source: No. 3, Vogt. (see below)

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Sources used for this project:

1. Curtis, William J. R. Le Corbusier. English Architecture

1930's. Milton Keynes, England: The Open University

Press, 1975.

2. Sbriglio, Jacques. Le Corbusier: The Villa Savoye.

Basel: Birkhauser, 2007.

3. Vogt, Adolf Max. Le Corbusier, the Noble Savage:

Toward an Archaeology of Modernism. Cambirdge,

Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1998.

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