Villa Sarabhai

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.

Villa Sarabhai
General information
Location	India
Address	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Coordinates	23.053929°N 72.593609°E / 23.053929; 72.593609
Completed	1955
Owner	Sarabhai
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Le Corbusier

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]

See also

• Villa Shodhan

References

1. "The Architectural Origins Of the Carpenter Center | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
2. Starbird, Pamela (2 January 2003). "Corbu in Ahmadabad". Interior Design. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
3. 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.

• http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/Villa-Sarabhai-reflects-Corbusier%E2%80%99s-creative-genius/DNAHM61772

External links

• Foundation Le Corbusier