E 1027 Villa

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.

E 1027 villa. The name of the house e 1027 sounds impersonal there is a resulting numerical code. But gray s innovative design was gentler playful and more sensual in nature than most modernist functionalism of that era. It was built as a summer residence to share with your lover critic jean badovici. A long term restoration program was planned with five topics.

In 1930 following the 1929 economic crisis she closes her boutiques jean désert and rue guénégaud. Completed in 1929 architect eileen gray s unique vision for interior design. Modernist villa e 1027 nestled into the coastline of cap martin in the south of france was not only ahead of its time architecturally. The e 1027 villa built between 1926 and 1929 is among the most iconic architectures of the modern movement.

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. 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. Analysis of reinforced concrete and structural degradation due to the mediterranean seaside atmospheric conditions research into proper site drainage. 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.

The villa e 1027 was not only eileen grays s first building to be erected but also her masterpiece. Villa e 1027 mural by le corbusier born katherine eileen moray smith in 1978 in the southeast of ireland gray had a privileged background enabling her to pursue her studies. E 1027 gets top billing in the very first issue of l architecture d aujourd hui. Gray designed e 1027 in collaboration with her partner romanian architect and critic jean badovici.

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. Enrolled at the slade school of fine art to study painting it was in paris that she was particularly struck by the art nouveau pieces on display. The name of the house is a reference to their names e stands for eileen while 10 2 and 7. Camping style allowed for the transformable room the very definition of.

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.