Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier's Five Points Of A New Architecture

This is the most famous application of Le Corbusier's five points of a new architecture. All five points are clearly present in this house: pilotis, a roof garden, a free floor plan, ribbon windows, and a free façade. The first impression you get when approaching the house is of a horizontal white box placed on pilotis, set off against the natural surroundings. The plan of the building is square, one of the ideal shapes which the architects so admired. Within this strict geometry, dynamic curved forms are added, like the staircase and the solarium...