(Figure 1.21) The communal spaces were an important part of the whole design and were visible on the exterior with transparent facades.2 The whole residential structures consists of two six-storey-high compounds destined to: • individual activities • collective activities The duplex flats were divided into two types: • the K Types which includes a kitchen • the F Types, where all the communal functions are located outside of the apartments (Figure 1.20)
1.3.2: Diogene - Renzo Piano
Left: Figure 1.19 First and fourth floor plan Figure 1.20 Plans of the apartments
1 Christina E. Crawford, “The Innovative Potential of Scarcity in SA’s Comradely Competition for Communal Housing, 1927,” Archi Doct 4-2 (2014): 41, accessed April 7, 2017. Figure 1.21 3D section - functional organisation
Collective Functions / spaces Volume containing Kindergarten, kitchens, library and Gymnasium
Penthouse / Rooftop Garden Few of higher class occupied the penthouse at the top of the building There was also acces to a rooftop garden
Type ‘F’ apartment Unit Type ‘K’ apartment Unit Contains only bedroom, Equipped with bedliving space and a room, living space, bathroom bathroom and a small kitchen
Figure 1.21
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RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
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