Trevor Burrowes
- The steps go from the downstairs up to the two flats, colored red and green for differentiation.
- Symbol for windows indicated at the top
- All windows align for cross ventilation
- Next step will be indicate how air flow will go from left to right between the two flats
- The steps go from the downstairs up to the two flats, colored red and green for differentiation.- Symbol for windows indicated at the top
- All windows align for cross ventilation
- Next step will be indicate how air flow will go from left to right between the two flats
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revor Burrowes Very much a matter of "flow-through." Christopher Alexander in "A Pattern Language" advocates for buildings that are simple rectangles, whether in a horizontal or vertical direction. Long and skinny or tall and skinny give you a counter intuitive sense of spaciousness. The shotgun might be the best example of long and skinny there is.
We could consider a land trust development scheme that buys land and develops very affordable (but stylish) skinny-type houses, either vertical or horizontal.
I tend to frustrate people who want a clear direction when I agonize between all the possible variations of that paradigm, including:
- street character
- stylistic tradition of a place
- tall for views and context vs long for simplicity and cost
- choice of materials, involving environment, cost, culture
Dividing the shotgun house into yet skinnier slivers of space is a fascinating project, and I tried to address the "tiny house bisection" aspect of it in a rough sketch I shall share. It's not a shotgun house, but has other simple, vernacular features (residence over shop) that make sense in some ways.
You just can't do all the variations at once.
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