Le
Cabanon's exterior walls are constructed of rough pine timbers hewn in half.
Inside, the walls are covered with plywood panels which are smooth in contrast
to the rough exterior. The small windows are framed in pine and are single pane
glass which can be covered with interior shutters. The roof is corrugated metal
and the entire structure is elevated a few inches above grade on concrete
blocks.
Le
Cabanon is in fact a prefabricated structure. Corbusier's favourite Corsican
carpenter Charles Barberis fabricated all the parts of the house in Ajaccio and shipped them to Roquebrune where Corbusier assembled them into his
Cabanon.
The
studio that Corbusier erected next to le Cabanon was a simple prefabricated
builders shed.
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Edited by: Nadia Shahed
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