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109 Long Thin House

May be part of Wings of Light (107).

Conflict

The shape of a building has a great effect on the relative degrees of privacy and overcrowding in it, and this in turn has a critical effect on people's comfort and well being.

Resolution

In small buildings, don't cluster all the rooms together around each other; instead string out the rooms one after another, so that distance between each room is as great as it can be. You can do this horizontally- so that the plan becomes a thin, long rectangle; or you can do it vertically- so that the building becomes a tall narrow tower. In either case, the building can be suprisingly narrow and still work- 8, 10, and 12 feet are all quite possible.

May contain Positive Outdoor Space (106), Intimacy Gradient (127), Cascade of Roofs (116), Common Areas at the Heart (129).