Arc-et-Senans: La saline royale (1771–1806): notions of privacy in an industrial ideal community

Notions of privacy in the societal programme of La saline roy­ale. Focus: C.-N. Ledoux’s royally sponsored plan (cf. L'architecture considérée sous le rapport de l'art, des mœurs et de la législation (1804)), envisaging an ideal life- and work-space; spatial zones assigned to various classes and to fami­lies, hy­giene, leisure and religion; a lay-out facilitating surveillance; discussions and practical solu­tions regarding the role and position of religion and law.

Research on privacy will add decisive new insights to research into, e.g., Ledoux, Enlighten­ment architecture and utopias; see, e.g.,

  • Braham, A. 1980. The Architecture of the French Enlightenment. London
  • Chouquer, G. & J.-C. Daumas. 2007. Autour de Ledoux: architecture, ville et utopie. Besançon
  • Rabreau, D. 2000. Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806): l'architecture et les fastes du temps. Bordeaux
  • Vidler, A. 2006. Claude-Nicolas Ledoux: architecture and utopia in the era of the French Revolution. Basel/ Boston