This house represents an important milestone in which the problems of comfort, luxury and architectural aesthetics are combined. The house is entirely supported by columns disposed along a grid of 15 ft. 3 in. by 7 ft. 8 in. without regard for the interior plan. If these columns were to be assembled togetherin atight bundle,thetotal cross-section of this bundle would be 3 ft. 4 in. by 2 ft. 5 in. Thus this large house is entireley supported by a concrete cross-section 3 ft. 4 in. by 2 ft. 5 in. The independent disposition of the columns diffuses a constant scale, a rythm, a restful cadence through-out the house. The façades are considered as carriers of light. Not one of them touches the ground. On the contrary, they are suspended from the cantilevered floors. Therefore, the façade carries neither floors nor the roof; it is nothing more than a veil of glass or masonry enclosing the house.

On the interior, the plan is free, each floor having a disposition totally independent from that of another, rigorously proportioned to its particular function: the partitions are nothing more than membranes. The impression of richness is not conveyed by luxurious materials, but simply by the interior disposition and proportioning.

Extrait de Le Corbusier, Oeuvre complète, volume 1, 1910-1929