Villa Savoye

Ok...this is the Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier. It is located in France and was built in 1920. A key piece in architecture, this was the first "modernist" structure built. Forget all its structural flaws; the leaks, the cracks, lack of heat, too hot in summer (basically, BAD DESIGN)....all beginning design students get to study this one!

After hand drafting the floor plans for this building using a grid system and nothing more than deductive reasoning, we had to BUILD this model. You can find anything and everything on the internet...EXCEPT measurements for this building!!!!! ARGH!

Model is made from foam core (1/8", 3/16" and 1/2"), lexan and styrene. Total cost: about $300 (still adding up receipts).

For more pictures of the construction phase....see me at www.flickr.com. Look for me as "lonely moose"...you can find an entire photo set. For more information on the Villa Savoye...look it up on Google!!!

Entire plan drafted by me. Model and all construction done by me. April-June 2005.

Enjoy it now because I plan to set it on fire and film it....kind of a performance piece. :)

(burning down the house.....)