a m o d e r n i s t e l o q u e n c e i n s t y l eSituated in Poissy, a small commune outside of Paris, is one of the most significant contributions to modern architecture in the 20 th century, Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier. Completed in 1929, Villa Savoye is a modern take on a French country a modern take on a French country house that celebrates and reacts to the new machine age. The house single handedly transform Le Cor-busier’s career as well as the principle of the International Style; becoming one of the most important architectural precedents in the architectural precedents in the history. Villa Savoye’s detachment from its physical context lends its design to be contextually integrated into the mechanistic / industrial context conceptually defining the house as a mechanized entity. In response to his aspirations andadmiration of mechanized design, Le Corbusier established “The Five Points” of architecture, which is simply a list of prescribed elements to be incorporated in design. The Five Points of architecture can be Five Points of architecture can be thought of as Le Corbusier’s modern explanation of Vitruvius’ Ten Books on Architecture, not literally in the sense of an instructional book for architects, but rather a checklist of necessary components of design. So much so that Villa Savoye is So much so that Villa Savoye is thoroughly tailored to Corbusier.

The Five Points of Architecture:

Pilotis (slender columns)Flat Roof TerraceOpen PlanRibbon WindowsFree Façade (Free Façade (free of structural members)

Villa Savoye