Villa Sarabhai

House by Le Corbusier in Ahmedabad, India

23°03′14″N 72°35′37″E / 23.053929°N 72.593609°E / 23.053929; 72.593609Completed1955OwnerSarabhaiDesign and constructionArchitect(s)Le Corbusier

Villa Sarabhai, or Villa de Madame Manorama Sarabhai, is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, it was built between 1951 and 1955.^[1] It was built with an austere interior, a typical Le Corbusier design principle.

History

The villa was built for Manorama Sarabhai, the sister of Chinubhai Chimanlal. She commissioned it in 1951 to build a home for her growing family, and it was completed in 1955.

Design

The villa is located on a verdant 20-acre park owned by Sarabhais.^[2] Corbusier decided on the vault as the villa's defining structure after taking into consideration the local climate, which is characterized by wide fluctuations of temperature and humidity.^[3]

References

^ "The Architectural Origins Of the Carpenter Center | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ Starbird, Pamela (2 January 2003). "Corbu in Ahmadabad". Interior Design. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ Ubbelohde, Susan (2003). "The Dance of a Summer Day: Le Corbusier's Sarabhai House in Ahmedabad, India". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 14 (2): 65–80. ISSN 1050-2092. JSTOR 41758019.