Piloti

They are traditionally found in stilt and pole dwellings such as fishermen's huts in Asia and Scandinavia[1] using wood, and in elevated houses such as Old Queenslanders in Australia's tropical Northern state, where they are called "stumps".

Beyond their support function, the pilotis (or piers) raise the architectural volume, lighten it and free a space for circulation under the construction.

In hurricane-prone areas, pilotis may be used to raise the inhabited space of a building above typical storm surge levels.

Le Corbusier used them in a variety of forms from slender posts to the massive Brutalist look of the Marseilles Housing Unit (1945–1952) with a range of bases, inclusions and surfaces.

This was part of Le Corbusier's idea of machine-like efficiency where land, people and buildings would work together optimally.

Modern architecture: apartment building Narkomfin in Moscow, Moisei Ginzburg (1930).
The Engel House in the White City of Tel Aviv . Architect: Zeev Rechter , 1933. A residential building that has become one of the symbols of Modernist architecture. The first building in Tel Aviv to be built on pilotis.
Erasmus building at Queens' College, Cambridge (1959). Designed by Basil Spence and directly inspired by Le Corbusier.
University of Florida (1979). There is space for lush vegetation under the building. Visible concrete pilotis.
Paul Rudolph 's The Concourse (1994) in Singapore is supported on large pilotis.