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I.4 Facilities The ‘Unité’ in Marseille provides a variety of commercial and recreational facilities, in compliance with Le Corbusier’s ideas of communal services. The main facilities are located on the commercial mid-level and the roof terrace. The Commercial Mid-level When the building first opened, it contained a large co-operative general store, a fish shop, a butcher, a bakery, a laundry, a post office, a newsagent, a bookshop, a pharmacy, and various boutique stores, all located at building’s mid-level. 36 Today, commercial activity has been reduced significantly to only a small supermarket operated by a large French company, and a privately owned bakery adjacent. The location of this commerce, in the very middle of the building, invisible to the wider passing community, has restricted their market solely to residents of the building. It was also found that it provoked a feeling of isolation for the inhabitants, as the less interaction required with the outside community, the more insular one is made to feel. Despite the convenient location of the internal shops for the residents, shopping outside of the building became more preferable. For shopping may in part be a necessity, but for many it is also a recreational and, especially in France, a social activity. But not only is the commercial ‘street’ isolated from a wider public, it is also quite unpleasant – the internal ‘street’ is dark and illuminated only by pallid fluorescent lights, providing an environment that is most unappealing as a social space. 115 116 60. Outside the supermarket today (a space kept in good condition, but rarely frequently by the inhabitants). And yet today, despite all this, the level is still in operation, even it is not the bustling commercial street Le Corbusier had thought it would be. The residents, particularly the more elderly ones, do actually appreciate its convenience on the odd occasion. And, besides, the novelty of a supermarket in the very middle of ones apartment building has simply become one of the characteristic features of this ‘Unité’ that established its fame.
The Hotel 61-62. The café and reception area of the hotel on the building’s mid-level. The other novelty of this level, is the hotel of the building, of which the reception is located along side the shops. Originally intended to accommodate exclusively for guests of building’s residents, it has since become privately owned and is now run as a normal two star hotel. The hotel has not been renovated since construction, and although in decent condition, the reception area, in which there is also a bar and café, does seem rather shabby and dated. Due to the building’s fame, however, the hotel continues to receive a fairly consistent stream of visitors. And with the aid of renovations to the renowned roof terrace and colourful facades, ‘L’Hôtel Le Corbusier’ has recently featured in a book of France’s most fashionable ‘designer’ hotels 37 – an impressive feat really, considering the age of the building and the state of the actual hotel. 117 63. A foyer area on the commercial mid-level.
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Isabelle Toland B Sc. (Arch) Hons.
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Acknowledgements In writing this th
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Preface Observations and Visitation
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Introduction Singular / Plural The
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Appendix CHA - Unité Berlin-Charlo
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Bibliography Affron, Matthew + Antl
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