This week, @TheOnlyAaron and myself dive into the crown jewel of 20th-century modernism: Villa Savoye. While this architectural masterpiece has been studied for decades, seeing it built from scratch in real-time offers a whole new perspective. Come for the expert SketchUp tips, stay for the banter, …

It’s an outside of Paris and is almost 100 years old

OK. NOT Earthquake country -as least as far as I know!

No, I think the biggest natural challenge it has to contend with is the rain on the flat roof

Tell me the name of the 3D application that has NOT been used to model this (and the Barcelona Pavilion)!

I have nothing to contribute for Villa Savoye but in homage to Le Corbusier maybe you could use the Modulor Man… ModulorMan.skp (176.8 KB)

I slept on the LC lounge chair at the first floor : ) and I know the heritage architect who solved the roof problem at the origin of a possible lawsuit with the Savoye

Hi Aaron et al, some diagrams/plans I found ont Internet for your assistance perhaps. [Villa-Savoye-Le-Corbusier-Poissy-floorplans] [villaSavoye]

This house is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture of the 20th century, it was the epitome of the five architectural concepts developed by Le Corbusier. Im not an engineer, I’m architect but I live in a seismic country, imo this could be built on a seismic country, the difference would be …

My son who is in elementary school is learning an online cad software, it’s called selfCad, I helped him to model an small and basic lamp and it took us hours to do it, I can’t imagine how could someone model an entire house using that software.

[image] franciscofiallosb: I can’t imagine how could someone model an entire house using that software. Probably inhuman perseverance. The oldest models of Villa Savoye I remember were done with AutoCad, version 2.5 (or older, I don’t remember when AutoCad acquired the z-coordinate), in the l…

Modeling an Icon: Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye – Live!

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Modeling an Icon: Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye – Live!

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