Villa E 1027 D Eileen Gray

Eileen gray this article is part of the sí a personal project curated by marta lópez garcía where she wills to shed light on a twice silenced reality.

Villa e 1027 d eileen gray. Roquebrune cap martin cap martin france. In 1930 following the 1929 economic crisis she closes her boutiques jean désert and rue guénégaud. Small gaps between their branches allow glimpses of the mediterranean below. Brilliant but unassuming female designer from paris builds an elegant minimalist villa on the shores of the mediterranean and boorish male architect takes it over.

A true icon of modern architecture villa e 1027 is eileen gray s 1929 masterpiece on france s côte d azur and irish designer s very first architectural project. A narrow pebbled lane leads from roquebrune cap martin on france s côte d azur to e 1027 eileen gray s now world famous first architectural work. The name of the house e 1027 sounds impersonal there is a resulting numerical code. E 1027 is a modernist villa in roquebrune cap martin in the alpes maritimes department of france it was designed and built from 1926 29 by the irish architect and furniture designer eileen gray l shaped and flat roofed with floor to ceiling windows and a spiral stairway to the guest room e 1027 was both open and compact.

Previously a ruin a new crowdfunding campaign aims to continue its restoration. It was built as a summer residence to share with your lover critic jean badovici. Architecture has its legends and the one based in roquebrune cap martin along the côte d azur is a pretty good one. The sordid saga of eileen gray s iconic e 1027 house designed by the irish architect and designer the 1929 french riviera villa was an obsession of le corbusier.

On one side the lane is hemmed in by the tracks of a little used rail line. E for eileen 10 for the j of jean as the 10th letter of the alphabet 2 for the b of badovici and 7 for the g of gray. Recently restored e 1027 was designed as a holiday home for gray a furniture and interior designer and her lover and collaborator jean badovici. The villa is called e 1027.

After over a decade of mismanagement and controversial repairs it s restorations have been completed and the modernist villa opened to visitors for the first time mid 2015. Introduction in late 1920 the architect and designer eileen gray designed and built by the sea e 1027 house which would become a landmark of modern architecture.