4 unités LC - Architecture Insights

An Individual Home
Independence
27. A perspective drawing of
an individual apartment for the
‘Unité d’habitation’ in Briey-en-
Forêt.
As each apartment is an independent element, not one partition
enclosing the unit is shared. This independence limits the sound
transmission between adjoining units 19 , and a greater sense of
privacy is obtained. The increased level of sonic isolation also
creates a greater sense of autonomy for the family, despite being
situated in the midst of a large collective group.
Visual privacy between each apartment balcony (or loggia) is also
created by its complete enclosure on each side, leaving only the
side looking out to the view open. This extension of privacy to the
external areas of each apartment reinforces their independence as
single dwellings with in a complex whole.
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28. The double height living
space of an apartment opening
out onto the ‘loggia’ in the ‘Unité
d’habitation’ of Marseille.
The loggias of each apartment are sited on the east, west and
south facades of the building 20 – the private individual terrace
spaces proposed in ‘Immeubles-Villas (1922 /25). As the building is
a rectangular block, sited such that its length stretches from north
to south 21 , the majority of apartments are orientated east-west 22 ,
with a loggia on either side. The loggias may equally be opened
out onto to provide an extension of the internal living space.