Villa E 1027 Facade

It has survived desecration by le corbusier target practice by the nazis a stint as drug den and orgy destination and near dereliction.

Villa e 1027 facade. The name of the house e 1027 sounds impersonal there is a resulting numerical code. Case study of e 1027 by eileen gray for don mckay s arch100 course in uwsa by mark cooper claire ludewigs maddi slaney and emmeily zhang. Sunday december 09 2012. E 1027 like contemporary houses by le corbusier walter gropius and other modernist pioneers had white walls large windows a flat roof and incorporated industrial materials in its construction.

The villa e 1027 was not only eileen grays s first building to be erected but also her masterpiece. 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. Many thought villa e 1027 was named this way for the purpose of looking like a boat registration. E 1027 was finished in 1929 at the very time corbusier was building his archetypal villa savoye perfectly expressing these five principles.

The villa e 1027 stands on a rocky slope few meters above sea level. All posts edited by all members. E for eileen 10 and 2 corresponding to the tenth and second letters of the alphabet. It was built as a summer residence to share with your lover critic jean badovici.

In fact the name eileen gave to the house had quite a bit of significance. In 1930 following the 1929 economic crisis she closes her boutiques jean désert and rue guénégaud. Plans elevations and sections. Previously a ruin a new crowdfunding campaign aims to continue its restoration.

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. 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. When seen from the water one can easily link it with the marine landscape due to its shape and colour and even imagine it as a stranded ship. E 1027 gets top billing in the very first issue of l architecture d aujourd hui.

J b his initials and finally 7 or seventh letter of the alphabet for g or gray. 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. But gray s innovative design was gentler playful and more sensual in nature than most modernist functionalism of that era.