Villa Savoye and Synthetic Cubism
Sandra Chan
A project that continues the unfinished painting of Le Corbusier.
Le Corbusier was a practitioner, proponent and theorist of Purism. Hence, he saw his work as more of a painting than as a building. As a subset of Cubism, Purist theory by Le Corbusier incorporated time into the art form by creating multiple points of view. As an artist and architect, Corbusier designed the architectural promenade as a path by which visitors can follow to enter the building and experience it from a variety of different angles. Hence, the visitor now experiences Villa Savoye in relation to her surroundings like the concept of a cubist painting, and is able to move within the space and appreciate it from a variety of angles.
The concept of the extension to the Villa Savoye is to be able to continue the pre-existing curve of the building, to transform it into a part of the architectural promenade, and hence create a playful space beneath the formal exterior of the Villa Savoye.
The usage of colors draws inspiration from that of Corbusier's other works such as Villa la Roche-Jeanneret, and his own background of a painter.
The forms on the left are a derived superimposition of the floor plans of the Villa Savoye to create a painting like that of Corbusier's own.
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