Chez Tony Garnier. An industrial city project

Tony Ganier's house.

The drawing representing the view of his villa in Saint-Rambert overlooking the Île Barbe dates from the period when the architect was working on the first projects for the États-Unis district.

This villa, built by Tony Garnier in 1912, represents a type of suburban house similar to the one proposed in his project "Une Cité Industrielle," published in 1917.

Let's note the mural painting he had commissioned in the atrium of his villa! The idea of a fresco was taken up in the concept of the Urban Museum.

Let's also observe the abundance of decorative elements. This illustrates one of the essential principles put forward by Tony Garnier: "If our structure remains simple, without ornament, without molding, bare everywhere, we can then arrange the decorative arts, in all their forms. Each object of art will retain its expression all the more clear and pure as it will be totally independent of the construction."

The sculpture, representing the architect's wife, personalizes the intimacy of this space to the point where we can feel "Chez Tony Garnier."