The Villa Savoye is comprised of four levels the cellar, the ground floor and the roof, Corb called these the cave, pilotis, habitation and solarium respectively. According to Simon Unwin each of these levels represents a state of being, where the lowest (the cave) represents a primitive existence each successive level above represents an incrementally higher state of existence until one reaches the solarium where a god like or enlightened state is attained. In essence "the house may be interpreted as a representation of the ascent of human beings from darkness to light, from the primitive to sophisticate society" (Unwin 2010, p.142). Unwin's sketches, shown above illustrate this architecture of levels where he draws comparisons between the Villa Savoye and a Greek Temple and in a copy of Corb's original sectional sketch. It is the vertical circulation of the Villa Savoye, the ramp and stair which facilitates this journey and it is this journey which I have tried to abstract from the actual built form into a drawn and modeled studies.
Reference:
Unwin, S 2010, Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand, Routledge, New York.
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