Slender columns lifting the house

Villa Savoye Quiz: Le Corbusier's Pilotis and Five Points

This Villa Savoye quiz walks up the ramp of Le Corbusier's modernist icon in Poissy, near Paris. Play 10 interactive questions on the Savoye family, the Five Points of Architecture, slender pilotis, a free plan and free façade, long ribbon windows, the roof garden, a ground floor curved for cars, leaks, near demolition and UNESCO listing.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Place
Where is Villa Savoye?
Architect
Who designed Villa Savoye?
Years
When was it built?
Pilotis
What are pilotis?
Points
What did Le Corbusier call his set of design rules?
Windows
Which window type runs along the walls?
Roof
What is on the roof?
Cars
What shaped the curved ground floor?
Trouble
What problem did the family complain about?
UNESCO
When was it listed with other Le Corbusier works by UNESCO?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Where is Villa Savoye?
Answer: Poissy, near Paris
It sits in a meadow.
Q2: Who designed Villa Savoye?
Answer: Le Corbusier
He was Swiss-French.
Q3: When was it built?
Answer: 1928 to 1931
It was a weekend house.
Q4: What are pilotis?
Answer: Slender columns lifting the house
They free the ground floor.
Q5: What did Le Corbusier call his set of design rules?
Answer: Five Points of Architecture
The villa shows all five.
Q6: Which window type runs along the walls?
Answer: Long horizontal ribbon windows
They give even light.
Q7: What is on the roof?
Answer: A roof garden
It replaces lost ground.
Q8: What shaped the curved ground floor?
Answer: The turning circle of a car
Drivers could sweep under the house.
Q9: What problem did the family complain about?
Answer: Leaks in the roof
Rain came inside.
Q10: When was it listed with other Le Corbusier works by UNESCO?
Answer: 2016
Seventeen sites were included.

A White Box on Slender Columns

Villa Savoye in Poissy, near Paris, was built from 1928 to 1931 by Le Corbusier as a weekend house for the Savoye family. It shows all of his Five Points of Architecture: pilotis, a free plan, a free façade, long ribbon windows and a roof garden.

Slender pilotis lift the white main floor above a meadow. The curved ground floor follows the turning circle of a car, so drivers could sweep under the house to the entrance. Inside, a ramp rises through the levels to the roof garden.

The family complained of roof leaks, and the house was damaged during World War II and nearly demolished. It was saved and restored, and in 2016 UNESCO listed it among 17 works by Le Corbusier.

What This Quiz Teaches

Architecture fans will enjoy these questions.

Who designed it
What the Five Points are
How cars shaped it
Which problems it had
How it was saved

Did You Know?

A sink stands in the entrance hall.
The interior colors are pastel.
It influenced modern houses worldwide.
Le Corbusier called houses machines for living.
It is open to visitors.