08-27-2014, 08:26 AM
Le Corbusier’s 5 Points of a New Architecture
the pilotis elevating the mass off the ground,
the free plan, achieved through the separation of the load-bearing columns from the walls subdividing the space,
the free facade, the corollary of the free plan in the vertical plane,
the long horizontal sliding window and finally
the roof garden, restoring, supposedly, the area of ground covered by the house.
Four Studies of the potentials of the 'Five Points', 1929. (a) Maison La Roche-Jeanneret, (b) Villa Stein, © Villa at Carthage, (d) Villa Savoye
the pilotis elevating the mass off the ground,
the free plan, achieved through the separation of the load-bearing columns from the walls subdividing the space,
the free facade, the corollary of the free plan in the vertical plane,
the long horizontal sliding window and finally
the roof garden, restoring, supposedly, the area of ground covered by the house.
Four Studies of the potentials of the 'Five Points', 1929. (a) Maison La Roche-Jeanneret, (b) Villa Stein, © Villa at Carthage, (d) Villa Savoye