Villa Le Sextant (House in Les Mathes)
Le Corbusier - Villa "Le Sextant", Les Mathes, Paris, France, 1935
Located a few steps from the Gironde estuary, in the town of Mathes, the villa “The Sextant” is one of the four projects led by Le Corbusier in Poitou-Charentes. The house was built in 1935 according to the plans and instructions of the famous architect. It was one of the first villas in La Palmyre.
The client of the villa, Albin Peyron, a friend of Le Corbusier who had just completed in Paris, the city of refuge of the Salvation Army, of which Peyron was the owner. In this project too, Le Corbusier received the assistance of his cousin and collaborator Pierre Jeanneret.