Villa follet le corbusier biography wikipedia

Louis Fallet, a master watchmaker and jeweller, was also a member of the adminstrative body of the Art School in La Chaux de Fonds.

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It was the first house to be built by the young man who had not yet become Le Corbusier. Building took place between Villa Fallet was inspired by the chalets built in Switzerland at the time. The pitched hip roof rested on a timber roof truss. The house rested on a base partly built into the hillside and materialized on its facade by blocks of stone.

Apart from stone, the materials used were wood and stucco. The house included a basement containing the service rooms. The main rooms were on the ground floor, their floors covered by linoleum. The living room extended onto the terrace via a closed loggia supporting the upstairs balcony.

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Sleeping areas and toilet facilities were upstairs. The attic contained an attic bedroom. The double height entrance hall was in the centre of the villa. It contained the staircase, built of wood and decorated with natural or nature-inspired motifs. It gave access to the first floor, where the bedrooms were reached from a gallery.