Urban housing

As described in Christian Norberg-Schulz’s Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture, urban architecture requires a clear division between public and private. In this case, a desire for privacy when living so closely together inspires the idea to articulate the places of the private realm. Furthermore, such tight places need strict rules to guide the design. The rules of design employed have established a pattern both harmonious and practical; economical, yet relative. This pattern of place allows not only the sections of the design to relate to the whole, but the details relate to the sections, the sections to the unit and the unit to the whole. Finally, if the rules governing the design of one unit type are valid, that matrix can drive the design of similar units.