Pattern 01
The terrace as a second front room
Neighbours sit on the terrace, so the family room stays the family’s.
- Terrace – Family room: Must be close
Sheet 03 — Patterns
Pin what this house should keep.
Eight patterns from ordinary houses, each a relation between rooms. Pin up to five; their relations go into the matrix.
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Pattern 02
Kitchen in view of the family room
Whoever cooks still sees and hears the rest of the house.
- Family room – Kitchen: Must be close
Pattern 03
Grandma’s room on the ground floor
No stairs between her bed, the bathroom and the family.
- Family room – Grandma’s room: Must be close
- Grandma’s room – Bathroom: Must be close
Pattern 04
Wudu between prayer room and bathroom
Wet feet take three steps, not a corridor; cooking smells stay away.
- Prayer room – Bathroom: Must be close
- Kitchen – Prayer room: Keep apart
Pattern 05
A service path apart from the guest path
Groceries and laundry go round the back, not through the family room.
- Kitchen – Drying yard: Must be close
- Family room – Drying yard: Keep apart
Pattern 06
Morning light into the kitchen
Open the kitchen to the morning side of the yard; the section below shows why.
- Kitchen – Yard: Better close
Pattern 07
A workroom with its own door
Visitors come in from the terrace; the children’s noise stays behind a wall.
- Terrace – Workroom: Better close
- Children’s room – Workroom: Keep apart
Pattern 08
Washing out of sight of the terrace
Dry in the sun at the back, close to the bathroom, not on show at the front.
- Terrace – Drying yard: Keep apart
- Bathroom – Drying yard: Better close
Pattern 06 · light section
A room changes with the light.
Compare three conceptual light directions through a room section. An illustration of spatial relationships, not a solar simulation for a real site.