Living Module

The 35-square-meter studio apartment in Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation combines a minimalist design language with the functional demands of urban living. Its design adheres to the principles of spatial economy and modularity—characteristics that define the apartment as part of a visionary living machine, in line with the concept of the machine à habiter.

At the same time, the adaptable furnishings invite active engagement by the inhabitants: the flexible zoning not only creates functional transitions between work, rest, and everyday life, but also offers a dynamic space that is continuously redefined and reinterpreted by its users—open to change, routine, and improvisation. In doing so, it deliberately challenges a static, object-centered understanding of architecture.

First Setting: Living Space and Gallery