A while back I visited Villa Savoye in Poissy designed by Le Corbusier. Even though I am not actively researching Le Corbusier’s designs anymore I always find them interesting and appealing to visit. I visit a lot more buildings than I end up ‘using’ for my artworks. Perhaps that is also an interesting fact to know about my artistic research. Another interesting details is that I keep on finding links of architects with Le Corbusier, the first architect I did extensive artistic research on. For example, Le Corbusier was Albert Frey’s mentor, an architect located in the San Jacinto mountains, I am currently looking into.

Back to Poissy. Villa Savoye was designed as a vacation house for the Savoye family. The Villa Savoye remains an icon of the Modern Movement, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. The house is special in that it embodies ten years of technical research and experimentation. It embodies all five points of a new architecture: stilts, free facade, band window, open-plan and roof terrace. More info on these features via villa-savoy.fr

When you are in Paris, it is only a few minutes by car to visit this wonderful design in Poissy.