Ensemble and master plan
Service access
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It is the route and door through which goods, supplies and maintenance arrive and garbage leaves, separate from the entrance for people.
What it solves
It keeps trucks, containers and odors from crossing the plaza, lobby or sidewalk of those arriving on foot. In a development it groups maneuvers on a single edge away from courtyards and classrooms and leaves the front free for life.
Today
Route service along an edge of the development that does not cross the pedestrian route, with room for a truck to maneuver without backing onto the sidewalk. Roof and ventilate the garbage room and make the route to freight elevators and plant rooms direct.
Common mistake
Thinking about service at the end, when only the front is left, with containers and trucks unloading on the sidewalk or next to the main door.
Tomorrow
With more home deliveries, a well-designed service access can receive deliveries, recycling and compost in a single place shared by several buildings. If it is spacious, clean and shaded, it is also a dignified workplace for those who maintain the development.
Where it comes from
- 1London mews London, England, 17th to 19th centuries
Behind rows of large houses ran a narrow street of stables and coach houses with rooms for staff, separate from the main street. - 2Spanish American courtyard house Córdoba, Argentina, late 18th century
The house had a first reception courtyard with an entrance passage and a second service courtyard with the kitchen and bread oven. The corral and the vegetable garden lay at the back.
Masters
- Clarence Stein and Henry Wright Radburn, New Jersey, United States, 1928
They turned the houses around so kitchens and garages faced service cul-de-sacs and living rooms looked onto a pedestrian park. They also teach that the service door ended up being used as the main entrance, so both must be designed with care.
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