Villa Savoye is without a doubt the most remarkable piece of architecture in the early 20th century, it fits in with today’s modern society. It’s just one of those buildings you could sit there and admire for days with a fellow architect and talk about the wonderful qualities it possess as a building. ‘A.Roth, the latter described the Villa Savoye as being, not only one of Le Corbusier’s known masterpieces, but moreover a monument to 20th century architecture recognized as such in professional circles worldwide’. This quote by Roth backs up my point of view, Corbusier was a professional, one person you can trust to tell you that is Andre Wognesky his assistant.
Furthermore continuing on with the Villa Savoye and discussing its importance in the architecture world it, ‘stands as an avant-garde milestone in architecture and modern culture, marks an extremely important step to a new architecture’. This quote undoubtedly goes to show what critics thought of the Villa Savoye, to get it rejuvenated was the best idea Corbusier had, it’s certainly earned its name as one of the most important transitions to take that step from old to new architecture.
The Villa Savoye, ‘It translates into exploratory study of new spatially, the definition of a new language and the quest for standardisation’, this quote shows how in depth and how futuristic Corbusier’s way of thinking was when he designed the Villa Savoye. He created a definition of a new language. Corbusier had four meaningful house types that he installed and always referred to when designing a house it quotes, ‘Pyramid composition, Spiritual delight, and visible framework (skeleton framework), useful of floor volumes, different on each floor, in form and quantity, and finally Poissy, the villa Savoye to be a synthesis of the other three from the list.’ The four meaningful house types that Corbusier categorizes them in is interesting, because they are a mixture of all good to come from designing a building, you have the form aspect, structural aspect, the scenario ideology, Corbusier really thought these four meaningful types out, from this basis any architect of today could use these types of ideology in their work, no one would know any different. However what makes these four types so intriguing is that you must indulge and , ‘ express other values and other conceptual meanings’, this means to go off on your own accord and find out other concepts behind these four types or create your own and express other aspects.
Here are a few quotes from Le Corbusier’s book titled, ‘Le Corbusier’s Hands’, it’s a very intriguing book written from the eyes of his assistant, Andre Wognesky, you really feel the connection and bond these two had as working partners and as best friends, here are a few quotes I picked from the book to understand the workings of an architect’s mind.
Le Corbusier’s Hands
Corbusier quotes, ‘I let it all go from my hand into my head, and sometimes, it is my hand that precedes my mind’, from his quote you really get to understand what type of architect he really is, taking into account this quote you can most definitely tell that this is how he paints, and creates his sculptor’s, you can tell he lets it all go from his hand. ‘It is impossible to organize the pieces if you do not have the shape of the whole inside your head’, he is a visionary, what he sees in his head he connects it with his hands.
All architects in this day and age should refer to their mind and vision everything as a template and then refer to their hands as the modelling tool and trust their instincts to create a remarkable piece of architecture.
(Quotes from, Le Corbusier: The Villa Savoye by Jacques Sbriglio published 2008
Le Corbusier’s Hands: Andre Wogenscky - translated by Martina Milla Bernad Published 2006
Towards a New Architecture by Corbusier published in 1989)
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