Blog 4

 Cooper Robards

March 4, 2023

Blog 4

    This past week our program went on a week long excursion to Paris.  We all had a great time and were able to really enjoy the city. We obviously saw all of the big highlights, like the Louvre and Eiffel Tower, but were able to see many other unique and slightly less touristy things on the trip as well. My personal favorite part if the trip was going to Villa Savoye.  I had studied the building and Le Corbusier's architecture before but it was an entirely different experience to be inside and study the home. It was actually one of the first buildings I ever had to draw in an architecture class, which made doing on sight sketches even more fun. We visited another house designed by Le Corbusier in the same day which was also amazing. While I enjoyed the aesthetics of Villa Savoye, it was not incredibly functional. There was a good flow and relatively intuitive use of the space but the home failed at its main goal. It was created for the Savoye family as a refuge from Paris for their son who had tuberculosis.  However given how modern the building was, the construction of it used new and unorthodox construction methods. Which led to problems such as leaky ceilings and poor insulation, all of which only worsened the Savoye's son's condition.  Although the building was not very functional I agree with many when I say it was incredibly influential and still holds up on a design basis. 

(here are my two favorite watercolors from Paris- The Louvre and Villa Savoye)



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