Villa Savoye Architectural Model

Designed by Le Corbusier and completed in 1931, Villa Savoye is one of the defining works of modern architecture. Raised on slender pilotis and wrapped in continuous horizontal windows, the house marked a decisive break from traditional domestic design and introduced a new architectural language based on clarity, proportion, and abstraction.

Conceived as a weekend retreat outside Paris, Villa Savoye is best understood not as a conventional house, but as a precise architectural statement — a building reduced to its essential elements.

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Villa Savoye as an Architectural Object

 

Villa Savoye’s architecture is defined by form rather than surface detail. Its floating volume, planar walls, and precise proportions give the building an object-like clarity that translates naturally into a scaled model.

When reduced in size, its defining qualities remain immediately legible — the elevation above the ground, the relationship between solid and void, and the balance of horizontal and vertical elements. Seen this way, the house becomes a sculptural object that expresses its ideas without explanation.

It is this clarity that has made Villa Savoye one of the most frequently modelled buildings in architectural education and design culture.

 

The Model

 

This architectural model presents Villa Savoye as a distilled object — calm, precise, and unmistakably modern. Cast in solid plaster and finished by hand, it captures the building’s essential form and proportion without unnecessary detail.

Designed to sit comfortably within design-led interiors, it works equally as a study piece or a sculptural object.

 

Product Details

 

• Subject: Villa Savoye

• Architect: Le Corbusier

• Location: Poissy, France

• Year completed: 1931

• Designed & made by: Chisel & Mouse

 

Learn more about Villa Savoye

 

For a detailed exploration of the building’s architecture, history, symbolism, and cultural legacy, see our in-depth guide:

Villa Savoye Architecture: Le Corbusier’s Purest Vision of the Modern House

Villa Savoye : Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
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