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TYPE E

(ABOVE)

ON TWO

FLOORS

TYPE C (CENTRE)

ON TWO

TWO FLOORS

TYPE B (BELOW) ON ONE FLOOR

SECTION

SCALES

5

10 M

100

Section of the building showing "rues intérieures" and plans of the three types

into the two-story living room like a bal- cony, will be a separate room with a separate window in Berlin.

The Structure of the Flats

Nine "rues intérieures" (indoor roads) are typical for the building. These roads are оп the first, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, thirteenth and six- teenth floors, stretching through the whole length of the building in its centre. They are artificially lighted. The lifts stop only at these roads at which all the entrances to the flats are situated.

onstruction of the Building

of flats. contained in the building.

divided by an extra wall if the tenants wish it. The two storey flats always have

The house is set on seven-metre pillars the unit containing kitchen and living room standing on concrete fundaments. This on the level of the entrance door at the allows the open space to reach under the inside road. The parents and children rooms of this type are either one storey in the northern part are made of concrete. building. All ceilings and the lift tower above or below the entrance level. They reach over the whole width of the house Partition walls between the flats are of from east to west so that light and sun ready-made concrete parts which will be are available from both sides. All flats cast on the building site. Partition walls with more than a single room stretch over inside the flats are made of eight-centime- two storeys.

tre gypsum plates, which dam temperature and sound. The massive ceilings are insulated by a layer of coconut matting. a layer of 2.5 centimetre asphalt and one of cork linoleum.

Equipment of the Flats

There are

The house has four side entrances and a main entrance in the northern part Three standard units form the basis for which leads to the lift tower. the 527 flats of the house. They can be two passenger lifts and one for goods, as differently combined permitting a large well as the staircase in the tower. The variety of types of apartments. The first lifts can be operated by an automatic unit includes the entrance door off the system. "'rue intérieure", the kitchen and the living room. The second one includes the parents' bedroom, the toilet and the The living room is separated from the bathroom. The third unit comprises one kitchen by a cupboard with a glass wall further room, the study or children's room.

on top. The kitchens are equipped with built-in furniture so arranged as to make Bachelors or couples without children kitchen work as practical as possible. are to have a "type B" flat of only one Flats of the types B and C have one bal- unit. "Type C" with two units, living cony, flats of type E have two. The floors room and parents' bedroom, is suitable of the flats are covered with linoleum. for parents with one child. Families with Baths and toilets will have a floor of tiles several children are to get "type E" flats or similar material. Bath and toilet are of all three units which stretch through separated from each other. Each flat has two storeys. The third room can be an odd room for storage.

Technical Equipment of the Building

The

This means

The technical supply installations are specially rationalised in the Berlin build- ing of Le Corbusier.

building is linked with the underground public sup- ply system at only one spot. there is only one electricity connection, water and telephone connection for the whole building; only at one place will the drains from all the flats lead into the sewers. This simplification will be very economical but will call for strong concen- tration and rationalisation of the installa- tion not inside the house. To achieve this, a "supply floor" is being created which will be hanging underneath the first (Continued on page 73)

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