Un plan á la manière de Corbu

 The pied-à-terre has four floors: the ground floor and three levels. The ground floor has two small lawns at the front and back, a car park, utility room and a staircase leading up to level 1. Level 1 comprises of three bedrooms and two baths. The rooms are located in such a way that light would enter through the elongated windows into the rooms and hallway, each room would have enough privacy and also with an inverted arrangement, like Garches. Moving through the floor, another staircase is visible at the end, which leads up to Level 2. This floor has all the living spaces combined into one room, except for the toilet room which is cut off from the rest of the floor. Level 2 also has a small balcony that is accessible from the living area. Next to the toilet room is the last staircase that leads up to the roof terrace.

This plan has been constructed in the manner of Corbusier by applying the Five Points of Architecture; the pilotis, free plan, ribbon window, free facade and the roof terrace. Three entered pilotis along the horizontal axis of the building run through all the floors save for the roof terrace. The free plan has allowed the rooms to be structured freely and in a manner that would provide easy access to the rooms and baths, as well as in an aesthetically pleasing way. The ribbon window is present on both sides of the building so as to maximise the amount of light that enters the building in the daytime. The free facade has been used to allow the placement of an elongated window spanning across the entirety of the floor, so as to let as much light in to the building and also to let the front facade be extended to form a balcony. The roof terrace, which is a very important concept of Le Corbusier's, is present in the plan. The walls of this floor are lower when compared to the rest of the floors to let the occupants have a view of the area.

Spiral staircases have been used all throughout the plan to maximise space and to allow the residents as much freedom of movement as possible. A balcony has been attached to the living area so that the people living in the building would be able to see the front yard. The walls are curvilinear to suggest fluidity of motion or eurythmia.


Here's my plan. You can view a better version of it on my instagram account ---> @minnellidraws . Be sure to like and follow if you like what I post! Thanks for reading :).


If you were wondering about the translation of the title, it's "A plan in the manner of Corbu". "Corbu" is a reference to the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier.

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