【Famous Architecture Project】Le Corbusier Villa Stein-CAD Drawings

【Famous Architecture Project】Le Corbusier Villa Stein-CAD Drawings   Villa Stein-de-Monzie, "Les Terrasses", Garches (Vaucresson), France, 1926 This house represents an important milestone in which the problems of comfort, luxury and architectural aesthetics are combined. The house is entirely supported by columns disposed along a grid of 15 ft. 3 in. by 7 ft. 8 in. without regard for the interior plan. If these columns were to be assembled togetherin atight bundle,thetotal cross-section of this bundle would be 3 ft. 4 in. by 2 ft. 5 in. Thus this large house is entireley supported by a concrete cross-section 3 ft. 4 in. by 2 ft. 5 in. The independent disposition of the columns diffuses a constant scale, a rythm, a restful cadence through-out the house. The façades are considered as carriers of light. Not one of them touches the ground. On the contrary, they are suspended from the cantilevered floors. Therefore, the façade carries neither floors nor the roof; it is nothing more than