Corsican guardia: villa for a million

The first student and close friend of Le Corbusier, Jean-Claude Mazet (1922–2014) was a professor of architecture at Harvard University. Participated in the construction of Brasilia. His utopia called "Ideal City" was presented at the exhibition Visionary Architecture, organized in the Paris Museum of Modern Art in 1960. This exhibition gathered about thirty revolutionary architectural projects combining formalism and public criticism, among them were Backminster Fuller, Le Corbusier, El Lissitzky and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Villa Guardia is an example of organic architecture. The building has a complex plan and a small area - 155 square meters. meters A living room with a fireplace, a dining room, a kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a garage, beautiful panoramic terraces - concentric spaces were designed by Maze according to the golden section rule.

The location of the windows is adjusted according to the sunlight and the best views of the surroundings. The house stands in a luxurious park, planted with Mediterranean, African and American plants, which extends all the way to the sea.

Guardia sells for € 1,165,000, architectureforsale.com

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