Final Analysis (Structural, Circulation, Windows)

 STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

Villa Savoye was built under the principle of international style. One of the main thing about the Villa Savoye is its structural system, where Le Corbusier put pillar/pilotis around the building. There is a strong connection between the building and pillar, as the pilotis takes major part in supporting the decks.

RAMP (CIRCULATION/DIVISION OF SPACE)

Regarding its circulation aspect, Ramp in the villa savoye is a very strong contributor in identifying the movement around the building. For instance, Ramp can distinguish the movement experienced either by occupants of the buildings or guests. Therefore, the house can be simply divided into 2 main parts, which each of them corresponds to different people and their different use of the building. For instance, private or public area.

WINDOWS

Different from the other houses such as Villa Muller, the house is created to penetrate sunlight easily. I have observed two types of windows exist in the building. First is the one which is located at the ground floor, forming a U-shaped glass facade, while the second windows are located at the the first floor, surrounding the perimeter of the wall. I have noticed that no matter the space is positioned in the building, the sunlight can be easily achieved. 

I did these photographs, in order to show how the windows in villca savoye can cast different length of shadows at different times of the day. The longer/shorter the shadow is, it indicates the difference in position of the sun in the sky, which results in different angle the sun may enter the parts of the buildings. Moreover, different location may have different sun quality. For example, house located in French will not get as much sunlight for those in China, for instance.

Panel Presentation Draft/Design

These are all my hand drawings of the the presentation panels that may be used to present the analysis of 3 aspects during the submission day. Creating this presentation layout may help me, in order to elaborate ideas/drawings and put them together on a paper to create a sense of simple and interesting presentation to the audience.

Project 2

These are my hand drawings of the aspects that I probably going to analyse from the chosen house, Villa Savoye. I think the 3 interesting aspects of this house is its structural system, windows, as well as circulation.

Final Model Photos

Here are the pictures of the final model of Villa Savoye at scale of 1:100. As a group, I think we've collaborated quite well, in terms of dividing the works for this model. During the process, we prioritized to make this model as carefully, ambitiously and precisely as we can. So, architecture meaning can still be conveyed. We also tried to understand the architectural attitude that the building explores and represent that in this model.

Final Drawings Set

Set of Drawings

Site Plan

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Roof Floor Plan

Section 1

Section 2

Axonometric

Making Spiral Stairs and Ramp

During the process of making this model, I realized that the most challenging part of the house is the spiral stairs and the ramp, which is quite complicated. In 1:100 scale, it's pretty complex to create this stair in such a tiny size. However, as a group, we've tried to manage/solve this kind of problem well. We've looked at the size of the stair from the paper provided, as well as the model from google sketchup which is really helpful in giving information about dimensions/sizes.