Title: Foreword: ‘The anatomy of privacy in architects’ London houses’
Abstract:Foreword to: Hanson, J. (1998), Chapter Eight, ‘The anatomy of privacy in architects’ London houses’, in: Decoding Homes and Houses, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.215-241.
‘The anatomy o...Foreword to: Hanson, J. (1998), Chapter Eight, ‘The anatomy of privacy in architects’ London houses’, in: Decoding Homes and Houses, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.215-241.
‘The anatomy of privacy in architects’ London houses’
Abstract:
A sample of eighteen post-war family houses designed by architects living in London for their own occupation is examined to see the extent to which they exhibit similar characteristics to the houses constructed by speculative builders to serve the private housing market. Although the houses are very much individuals, key continuities are identified with the domestic space configurations of modern speculative homes. The most important of these is the way in which the transitional zones in architect’s houses tend to be elaborated into a richly articulated ‘privacy gradient’ from the more accessible to the more secluded parts of the home. However, the way in which architects manipulate space to achieve this spatial insulation is shown to be quite different from the way in which it is provided by the speculative house building sector. In the speculative sector, spatial insulation is achieved only through the use of transition spaces such as lobbies and hall-ways whereas architects also directly shape the use-spaces which are provided for occupation and use in order to modulate spatial relations among domestic activities. This principle is linked to the balance between movement and occupation in the domestic interior and its relation to the perceived values of family life and individual privacy in giving a physical form to contemporary family structures.
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Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-08-13
Language: en
Type: article
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