Since Swiss-French modernist architect Le Corbusier wrote his seminal “Five Points Towards a New Architecture” in 1926, the discipline has seen countless interpretations of modernism and an ever-diversifying range of trends throughout the postmodernist period. The following series of contemporary homes all follow at least the very first of Le Corbusier’s foundational principles: the supports. Le Corbusier wrote about several principles pertaining to the design of architectural supports, including their engineering and spacing, but a particularly influential aspect of his work was in proposing that pilotis take the place of foundation walls. These pilotis were to be designed to elevate the first floor of the building, such that “the rooms are thereby removed from the dampness of the soil; they have light and air; the building plot is left to the garden, which consequently passes under the house.” This principle is perhaps most apparent in the architect’s own designs for private villas, like the Villa Savoye in Poissy, France. Both following in the Corbusian tradition and adapting it for contemporary conditions, this series of private homes each use pilotis to make the first floor appear to hover above the ground. CYIN by ... , Ushma Thakrar, read more http://ift.tt/1TUw999
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