Corbusier's Villa Savoye
"Geometry is the language of man... he has discovered rhythms, rhythms apparent to the eye and clear in their relations with one another... They resound in man by an organic inevitability, the same fine inevitability which causes the tracing out of the Golden Section by children, old men, savages, and the learned."
Le Corbusier, Le Modulor
The diagrams show Corbusier's obsession with regulating lines in every aspect of Villa Savoye from the use of the golden section to circle arcs to the diagonal grid.
Front Elevation and the Golden Section
The frot elevation of Villa Savoye can be described by two golden section rectangles side-by-side.
Relationship of the Villa Savoye to Circle Arcs
The pleasing proportions of the building are due to the harmonious relationships of all of the structural elements. A large circle arc from post to post, shown in red touches the top of the building. Two smaller circle arcs from edge to edge, shown in blue, touch the tops of the window openings.