Villa Savoye: The 20th Century's Greatest House… That LEAKED

In 1936, Madame Savoye wrote to Le Corbusier: “It's raining in the hall. It's raining on the ramp.” That house — Villa Savoye — was almost taken to court, almost demolished, and then became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I walk you through the whole house on site, explain the five points that made it famous, why it leaked, and three lessons for any flat roof. 👉 Projects, drawings and more European architecture: https://portfolio.hotrongnhan.org?utm... ⏱ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:46 A weekend house 1:35 Five points that changed architecture 3:06 Walking through a machine 5:55 Then the rain came 6:57 Almost lost 8:37 Masterpiece or failure? 9:17 Three lessons for flat roofs 📚 Open-access sources: • Caccia Gherardini S., Olmo C. (2015). La Villa Savoye after Le Corbusier, une Longue Histoire. docomomo journal 53, 40–47. CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.52200/53.a.ekiza53a • Zaparaín Hernández F., Ramos Jular J., Llamazares Blanco P., Barba Rodríguez D. (2022). Los planos de estructura de la Villa Savoye. Informes de la Construcción 74(566). CC BY. https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.88625 • Caccia Gherardini S. (2023). Le Corbusier e la villa Savoye: un caso di restauro autoriale. Firenze University Press. CC BY-NC-SA. https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0... • Zaparaín Hernández F., Ramos Jular J., Llamazares Blanco P. (2018). La promenade fotográfica de la Villa Savoye. rita_ 10. CC BY-NC-SA. https://doi.org/10.24192/2386-7027(20...) • Talib R. et al. (2015). Investigating Effective Waterproofing Materials in Preventing Roof Leaking: Malaysia, U.K. Procedia Manufacturing 2. CC BY-NC-ND. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2015... 🖼 Archive images (public domain / Creative Commons): • Joop van Bilsen / Anefo, Le Corbusier (1964) Stedelijk Museum Sikkensprijzen 916-9288.jpg — CC0 • Auguste Lepère, Auguste Louis Lepère - Le Pont de Poissy - 1920.622 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif — CC0 • Unknown author, Poissy - panorama pris de l'église.jpg — Public domain • Dr. Otto Lossen & Co., Reihenhäuser von J.J.P. Oud, Weißenhofsiedlung (1927).jpg — Public domain • Heinz Fremke, Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-126-0350-26A, Paris, Einmarsch, Parade deutscher Truppen.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0 de • Txemari, Voisin C7 Faux-Cabriolet 1926a.jpg — CC0 Just.Necessary.Design — European architecture explained by a practising architect who studied and worked in Europe. Real buildings, filmed on site, with drawings that show how they work. 🎬 All footage filmed on site at Villa Savoye (Poissy, February 2022). Diagrams drawn for this film. Archive images used under open licences (credits below). 🔔 Subscribe for the next episode: Venice — after more than a thousand years, why hasn't it sunk? #architecture #villasavoye #lecorbusier #europeanarchitecture #justnecessarydesign