Pattern 140
Private Terrace on the Street
Context Common Areas at the Heart129 · Sequence of Sitting Spaces142 · Half-Hidden Garden111 · Green Streets51 · Pedestrian Street100
Problem
A house fully open to the street gives up its privacy; one fully closed loses touch with the life passing in front of it. Participation and shelter rarely come together when a house commits fully to just one.
Solution
Give the house a slightly raised, half-private terrace facing the street, a place from which you can watch and take part in what goes on outside without ever being exposed yourself.
Usage Terraced Slope169 · Sitting Wall243 · Garden Wall173 · Half-Open Wall193 · Outdoor Room163