Here is Matija Grguric’s architectural model of the Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier, rendered in LEGO, and found here. Completed in 1929 and located just outside Paris, the Villa Savoye is one of the icons of the International Style.
The original:
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Let’s see, you live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and you decide to buy some property on the outskirts of town and live in a sterile white box. Hmmm.
The floor plan and elevations are fascinating, thorough, intellectual and maybe even beautiful. But I’ve been there, and nothing is gained by actually constructing such mental masturbations. Projects like this should be kept on paper (or lego), like Eisenman did with House X.
Aww, don’t be a killjoy! You don’t have to like the building to appreciate the wacky rigor of the LEGO model!
That is just ugly and pathetic. I’ve seen Kentucky trailer parks with more style and taste.
Actually I like the model a lot. The actual building however should be demolished IMO. If your building is not an improvement over the nature it replaces….
Sure, but you could probably say that about most, if not all, architecture. This site/building relationship makes more sense to me than something like Fallingwater.
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