Villa Stein de Monzie, Le Corbusier, France

Fig.1.Photographic Image (Front Side)

Image source: Tim Benton. The Villas of Le Corbusier 1920-1930. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987). 189.

Fig.2.Photographic Image (Back Side)

Image source: W.Boesiger and H. Girsberger. Le Corbusier 1910-65. (Zurich: Artemis verlags-AG, 1993). 55.

Fig.3.Site Plan

Image Source: Francesco Andreozzi. Elaboration project, villa Stein de Monzie, Le Corbusier. Archilovers. http://www.archilovers.com/projects/107869/elaboration-project-villa-stein-de-monzie-le-corbusier.html. Accessed 8th October, 2017.

Fig.4.Plan (Top Left: Ground Floor Plan, Top Right: First Floor Plan, Bottom Left: Second Floor Plan, Bottom Right: Roof Plan)

Image source: W.Boesiger and H. Girsberger. Le Corbusier 1910-65. (Zurich: Artemis verlags-AG, 1993). 56.

Fig.5.Section

Image Source: Francesco Andreozzi. Elaboration project, villa Stein de Monzie, Le Corbusier. Archilovers. http://www.archilovers.com/projects/107869/elaboration-project-villa-stein-de-monzie-le-corbusier.html. Accessed 8th October, 2017.

Fig.6.Elevation

Image Source: Francesco Andreozzi. Elaboration project, villa Stein de Monzie, Le Corbusier. Archilovers. http://www.archilovers.com/projects/107869/elaboration-project-villa-stein-de-monzie-le-corbusier.html. Accessed 8th October, 2017.

Fig.8.Sketch

Image source: Tim Benton. The Villas of Le Corbusier 1920-1930. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987). 182.

 

Fig.9.Detailed Design

Image source: W. Boesiger and O. Stonorow. Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret The Complete Architectural Works Volume I 1910-1929. (London: Thames and Hudson, 1964). 145.

Fig.10.Model

Image source: The Museum of Modern Art, Architecture and Design Collection. Les Terrasses, Villa Stein-de-Monzie Garches, France. ARTSTOR. http://library.artstor.org.eproxy2.lib.hku.hk/asset/MOMA_23670001 & http://library.artstor.org.eproxy2.lib.hku.hk/asset/MOMA_23670002. Accessed 10th October, 2017.

Description

The Villa Stein-de-Monzie, nicknamed “Les Terrasses” by its designer Le Corbusier, was built in Paris, France in 1926. It is surrounded by gardens. Le Corbusier practiced his five points in the villa, columns supporting concrete slabs, roof gardens, the open plan, ribbon windows and the free façade. Three concrete floor slabs supported by a grid of columns support the building. The supporting structure is isolated from other components, thus maximizing the design options. The third-floor roof garden and the first-floor staircase terrace extend the exterior space and reclaim the nature. Different floor plans showcase the separation of walls and supporting structure, which indicates the feature of open floor plan. Ribbon windows are added on the envelope to allow more light to enter each room. The all white façades built by glass and concrete are free of bearing functions. The five points form a type which was adopted a lot of times in the series of white villas and other buildings, because they satisfy the need for mass production and standardization of buildings especially after World War II. These points exert a profound influence on the type of architecture and become a credo of modern architecture.

by <Ming Xingyu, BAAS, Group A>