Garchey
The Garchey System was an early refuse disposal system in the United Kingdom. Devised by Louis Garchey, a Frenchman, it was first installed in blocks of flats in France during the 1930s.[1] Similar systems were installed in various buildings during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. A more sophisticated system was installed in London's Barbican Estate in the 1960s and 1970s.
Methodology
Conventional waste chutes convey dry refuse from individual flats. With the Garchey system, refuse (ranging from potato peelings and ashes to small bottles and tins) is collected in a unit below the sink in each residential unit, where it is soaked with water. From there it is flushed with water to central tanks for periodic removal or treatment.[1]
Installations
- In Britain
- London's Barbican Estate (1960s and 1970s)
- RAH Livett's Quarry Hill Flats (1950's, demolished 1978)
- Chalkhill Estate in Wembley, London
- Park Hill Flats in Sheffield (Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith, opened 1961)
- Spa Green Estate, Clerkenwell, London
- In France
- The French Garden city at du Plessis-Robinson.
- The Matrat-Voisembert property complex in Issy-les-Moulineaux (until 2005).
- Le Corbusier's Cité radieuse de Marseille in French.
References
- 1 2 The Garchey story (On Barbican Living, accessed: 5 September 2017)
External links
- The Garchey System
- Quarry Hill flats - illustrations from Leodis the Leeds Library & Information Service photograph archive
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