Outdoor Room

Buildings · Cluster

Context Common Areas at the Heart129 · Farmhouse Kitchen139 · Sequence of Sitting Spaces142 · Public Outdoor Room69 · Half-Hidden Garden111 · Private Terrace on the Street140 · Sunny Place161

Problem

Gardens often amount to nothing more than open ground without any real edge, so no place emerges where a person actually settles in — one merely stands in the garden rather than dwelling in it. What's missing is the sense of enclosure that makes staying feel natural.

Solution

Enclose part of the garden with walls, hedges, or a roof so that a partly sheltered outdoor room takes shape, a place that feels inhabited the way a room does, only open to the sky.

Usage Column Place226 · Garden Wall173 · Sitting Wall243 · Trellised Walk174 · Canvas Roofs244 · Connection to the Earth168 · The Shape of Indoor Space191 · Structure Follows Social Spaces205