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    The Le Cabanon

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    Le Cabanon was a small summer cabin designed by architect Le Corbusier as a retreat on the French Riviera. Measuring only 16 square meters, it made ingenious use of design principles and optical illusions to make the most of the limited space. Through strategic placement of windows framing sea views, painted wall panels that serve as artwork and storage, and built-in furniture, Le Corbusier created a surprisingly spacious interior given the cabin's size. Though simply constructed using local wood, the Cabanon demonstrates Le Corbusier's architectural theories of proportion and maximizing functionality within tight parameters.

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    The Le Cabanon

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    Le Cabanon was a small summer cabin designed by architect Le Corbusier as a retreat on the French Riviera. Measuring only 16 square meters, it made ingenious use of design principles and optical illusions to make the most of the limited space. Through strategic placement of windows framing sea views, painted wall panels that serve as artwork and storage, and built-in furniture, Le Corbusier created a surprisingly spacious interior given the cabin's size. Though simply constructed using local wood, the Cabanon demonstrates Le Corbusier's architectural theories of proportion and maximizing functionality within tight parameters.

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    Le Cabanon was a small summer cabin designed by architect Le Corbusier as a retreat on the French Riviera. Measuring only 16 square meters, it made ingenious use of design principles and optical illusions to make the most of the limited space. Through strategic placement of windows framing sea views, painted wall panels that serve as artwork and storage, and built-in furniture, Le Corbusier created a surprisingly spacious interior given the cabin's size. Though simply constructed using local wood, the Cabanon demonstrates Le Corbusier's architectural theories of proportion and maximizing functionality within tight parameters.

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    The Le Cabanon

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    Le Cabanon was a small summer cabin designed by architect Le Corbusier as a retreat on the French Riviera. Measuring only 16 square meters, it made ingenious use of design principles and optical illusions to make the most of the limited space. Through strategic placement of windows framing sea views, painted wall panels that serve as artwork and storage, and built-in furniture, Le Corbusier created a surprisingly spacious interior given the cabin's size. Though simply constructed using local wood, the Cabanon demonstrates Le Corbusier's architectural theories of proportion and maximizing functionality within tight parameters.

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    Le Cabanon

     A cabin Le Corbusier designed as a summer retreat in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin,


    on France's Côte d'Azur, the Le Cabanon/ Cabanon de Vacances is the only
    place the architect built for himself and sits on a slip of land between the sea
    and the railway, with views of sea and coast in both directions. 
     Though it looks simple and rustic, the cabanon is designed along the architect's
    principles based on human proportions. The walls are 2.26m high, with the
    sides being 3.66m.
     The entrance, wooden door faces the sea and opens on a corridor with a
    fresco by Le Corbusier on the left and wooden pegs at the end.  On the right
    you enter the sole room. Its northern wall has the toilets, a single bed with an
    airing low window, and a washbasin. 
     Although the ceiling height is just shy of 7½ feet, the interior feels surprisingly
    loft-like thanks to a strategic cutaway: In one corner, the ceiling rises 3 more
    feet—an architectural trick that uses a stagger effect to create the impression
    of a more expansive space. Le Corbusier painted the panels white, red and
    green, turning the overhead plane into an abstract canvas. The panels are
    functional too, hiding storage above.
     On the south wall, a trio of windows in the cabin frames water views for a
    landscape-painting effect. Mirrors hung on the insides of the shutters bounce
    more light inside while making the windows seem wider reflecting the
    turquoise sea and, framed by pine and palm trees, the other not-so-modest
    machines for living in across the bay in Monte Carlo. When closed, the
    shutters continue the art theme, that is they're bedecked with abstract
    paintings by the architect.
     To create a feeling of continuity and airiness, the interior and furnishings were
    constructed entirely from blond woods. Le Corbusier built in storage to
    maximize square footage: a wardrobe divides the entry and main space; low
    bookshelves envelop the reading/work nook; three deep drawers pull out
    from under the twin bed.
     A wooden table sits between the two windows and can be used for eating,
    reading and even freewheeling art sessions. A storage cabinet is hidden by
    sliding doors on the west wall. 
     The surface area is about 16 square metres. There is no kitchen as he and his
    wife took all their meals at a neighbourhood café. There is no door to the WC
    and the bidet abuts the headrest of one of the beds, covered with a cloth.
     Designed in less than an hour, construction lasted for only six months and was
    completed in August 1952 using rough pine boards for the exterior and
    plywood and oak pieces for the interior, mostly prefabricated in Corsica. The
    initial idea was to have used aluminium cladding which would have had a
    completely different, if not incongruous effect.
     Architecture buffs and small-space enthusiasts alike worship the Cabanon as a
    model of ingenuity and hyper-efficiency. Many of the space-enhancing tricks
    Le Corbusier deployed could work in any size home. Steal a few ideas for your
    own abode.

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