Villa Le Lac

Le Corbusier and Villa Le Lac

Le Corbusier created and constructed Villa Le Lac, a compact home, for his parents to reside in between 1922 and 1924. Le Corbusier, an architect, collaborated with his relative Pierre Jeanerette. It should be noted that Le Corbusier was tasked with finding the ideal site; the building design had been created prior to this. Le Corbusier created Villa Le Lac, a contemporary residence, in Switzerland during the 20th century. The distinctive building style that was used in development will be examined in The essay. Villa Le Lac, however, small, it meets the five points of modern architecture namely; situation, floor plan, long, large running windows and garden terrace among other new features. The building was situated on the thin piece of land beside the lakeside of Lake Geneva. Its address route traces to de Lavaux in Corseveaux that is in the midst of Rhone and Alps Valleys on both sides.

Inter-changeability and Architecture

The building concept reveals that the project was executed without predetermined location and the site was chosen randomly after completion. What is fascinating is the inter-changeability tactics used by Le Corbusier to transform the concrete into spaces. Furthermore, the intermarriage between the architecture and the landscape made Le Corbusier stood out as the father of architectural economy and spaces (Sendai 2012).

Client Requirements and Design

The clients were Le Corbusier parents. Economically, the plan had no corridor spaces suitable for two. To take advantage of the lake view, Corbusier designed a long horizontal window in the sitting room while the bedroom enjoyed the wide panorama framed by the rectangular window. What’s more, the guest bedrooms had a consistent measurement of 15m by 4 (KOERING 2015: Sendai 2012). The architecture allowed for extensions and expansions where a front wall was added to reduce noise pollution from the new road that was constructed.

Conclusion

In summary, the small stands out as the earliest modern structure built in that era. The inclusion of five key points of architecture provided a benchmark for modern builders. Currently, we see architectures using transparent iron sheets to allow enough light with house and open plans for easy manipulations. In addition, the mobility and adaptability of this villa in a sloppy landscape contributed to the success of the villas Le Corbusier built in the 1920s (VAUDOU and Le Corbusier 1991).

References

Como, A. and Smeragliuolo, L., 2017. The new roof spaces. The legacy of Le Corbusier in the contemporary city. In Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges (pp. 169-175). CRC Press.

http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/corbuweb/morpheus.aspx?sysId=13&IrisObjectId=4445&sysLanguage=en-en&itemPos=1&itemCount=10&sysParentId=50. Retrieved on 1/05/2017.

KOERING, E., 2015. The villa Le Lac by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret at Corseaux-sous-Vevey. The Color Rediscovered. Docomomo Journal, (53).

Sendai, S., 2012. Realization of the“ Roof Garden” in Ahmedabad by Le Corbusier-On the Creation of Villa Sarabhai. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 11(1), pp.17-23.

VAUDOU, F., PETIT, J., & LE CORBUSIER. (1991). Le Corbusier, villa le lac à Corseaux-Vevey. [Paris?], Carré d’art édition.