How about repurposing Arch-de-Villa?
Enriching the iconic from within
Background
Le Corbusier, the well renowned Swiss-French Architect was one of the pioneers for what we refer to as Modern Architecture. He often stated, “A house is a machine for living”. Villa Savoye is an implication of the same idea. Although this Machine for Living could not be used to serve its designated purpose for long, still this monument, built in the 1930s continue to inspire people from the realm of Architecture worldwide even today.
The spatial planning at the ground level is a reflection of the Architect’s interest in Technology. He tried to redefine the notions of the functions of a traditional house built during that time to aspire for modern living for the Savoye family. An entrance hall, garage and rooms for the chauffeur and maid completes the ground floor. Whereas all the private areas including three bedrooms (including master bedroom), kitchen, living along with external terraces are placed on the first floor. A series of sculpted spaces on the second floor forms a solarium.
Brief
Villa Savoye, originally designed as a house is now equivalent to a Temple for Architecture students and professionals alike and is currently open for visitors.
How can we maximize and make this monument more conducive to this new function? How can this Villa be made the next Archive Center for Architectural Knowledge? Conversely, is it possible to retain its identity as a Machine for Living and yet be able to serve the new purpose? And it goes without saying that in the process, the monument should not tamper.
The objective of this exercise was to visualise Modernist ideas for the contemporary world.
The new interior could either be in agreement or challenge Corbusier's ideas in the context of today's technology and architecture. The participants had to justify their respective stand with the proposed design.
Programmatically, the proposed fixes allowed for accommodating workshops, exhibitions, small conferences etc. for the visitors apart from the regular VIlla Tours that it already offered. The participants were free to tweak the programs as per their understanding of how could this monument become a Center for Architectural Knowledge.
The jury for the competition consisted of esteemed designers, professionals and academicians from around the world. The Lead Jurors for the competitions were as follows:
Mauricio Ceballos CEO & Partner, FR-EE FERNANDO ROMERO ENTERPRISE, Mexico
Laurent Duport Principal, C+D Architecture, France
Song Yehao Professor of Tsinghua University & Director of SUP Atelier, China
“Some of the Best of competition projects are:”
Winning Project: THE SAVOYE-RENAISSANCE
By: Samia Maukhalid
Description: Originally designed as a house, today the Villa Savoye is the new Center for Architectural Knowledge. We imagined #thevillasavoyeexperice so the building can live his Renaissance by becoming the true Icon Le Corbusier’s dreamt of, a century later. Let's make the Villa Savoye great again!
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People’s Choice: LUMIÈRE FUTURISTE
By: Luciaconcetta Vincelli, Chiara Felice & Aurora Lenniello
Description: A project based on the idea of using light to define the structure and theories that let ‘Ville Savoye’ become a manifesto of Modern Architecture.
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