Recently staying nearby in Marseille, we couldn't miss the opportunity to visit designer Eileen Gray's villa E-1027, beautifully tucked into the coastline of the French Riviera.
A veritable icon of modernist architecture, E-1027 is Gray’s first architectural creation, first envisaged as a refuge where she and her partner, architect Jean Badovici, could work in complete tranquillity...
After Eileen Gray left the villa in 1932, Le Corbusier spent a few weeks there in 1937. In April 1938, encouraged by Jean Badovici, he painted two murals in the villa, and returned the following year to paint another five. These are beautifully restored and kept alive by the team at Cap Moderne.
After our wander through E-1027, we walked a few steps up into 'Etoile de Mer' and Corbusier's Le Cabanon. Connected by a small boat-like door, Corbusier's cabin provided great inspiration with its lowered roof for storage, eliminating the need for cupboards in the space's small footprint. While Etoile de Mer, created with his fisherman friend, served as Corbusier's communal kitchen and bar. Both offered a view across the sea, waters that Corbusier would swim each day, eventually taking his life.
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