SHAFT Utilizing a stacked module system comes with certain benefits, but also presents a few complications, one of them being the placement of the shaft for the waste pipe. The shaft needs to be placed at the exact same location for every apartment type and this can prove tricky when some of the apartments are rotated, split or mirrored. This is exemplified in illustration 118, showing that the student apartment is only half the size of the couples apartment. A concept of having the apartments revolve around the shaft was created in order to solve this problem. Placing the shaft in the center of the apartment also allows for an open plan design, which gives the inhabitants a greater sense of freedom. The only restrictions to the open plan, is that the kitchen, toilet and bathrooms will have to stay next to the shaft so that they can be connected to the waste pipe. The concept not only provided the means to solve a problem, but also added great quality to the plan design by making it flexible. Numerous iterations were made on different plan proposals and some of them are shown in illustration 118-122. The final plan solutions are shown in the presentation section.
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Ill. 118 - Students to the left - Couple to the right
Ill. 119 - Ground floor of apartment
Ill. 121 - Two storey family apartment
Ill. 120 - Couple apartment
Ill. 122 - Couple apartment with terrace