4 unités LC - Architecture Insights
4 unités LC - Architecture Insights
4 unités LC - Architecture Insights
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72. A communal seating area<br />
on the roof terrace as pictured<br />
today.<br />
73. The same seating area as<br />
captured in 1959.<br />
125 126<br />
74. Monumental forms: the<br />
gymnasium, lift tower and<br />
ventilation ‘chimney’ on the roof<br />
terrace, pictured today.<br />
As the ‘Unité’ in Marseille is now considered an historical<br />
monument, its faithful preservation has evidently overridden any<br />
consideration of addition or alteration that might improve it in terms<br />
of the residents’ enjoyment. It would seem that, in this case, a<br />
balance is yet to be found between the concepts of ‘the monument’<br />
and ‘the home’.