Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Open Thread April 11 - April 17, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 13 April 2016 07:51:15PM *  2 points [-]

Christopher Alexander's Towns Buildings Construction has a treasure trove of advice for your case. Applicable patterns that come to mind:

  • House for a small family
  • Intimacy gradient (rooms more distant from the entrance should be smaller and more intimate
  • Couples Realm
  • Connected Play and Children's Realm (the basic pattern is that all rooms/areas used by children basically (should) form a contiguous realm - simply because that's what will inevitably happen anyway. You will recognize it by the toys littering this connected area)
  • Sleeping to the East
  • Teenager's Cottage (this might be the minimum of what you might intend/do)
  • House a for a single Person
  • House for a couple
  • Home Workshop
  • Master and Apprentice
  • Teenagers Society
  • Public Outdoor Room (space between buildings should form 'outdoor rooms' with recognizable sides and 'doors/windows' instead of just gaps between buildings)
  • Adventure Playground

See here for a list of the patterns: https://www.patternlanguage.com/apl/aplsummary.htm