Pattern 165
Opening to the Street
Context Street Windows164 · University as a Marketplace43 · Local Town Hall44 · Necklace of Community Projects45 · Market of Many Shops46 · Health Center47 · Street Cafe88 · Building Thoroughfare101
Problem
Shops and workshops with a closed-up front read as forbidding and cut whatever happens inside off from the life outside. Passersby see only a facade, while the people working within stay isolated — both sides lose a measure of vitality because of it.
Solution
Open the fronts of shops and workshops wide toward the street — with folding doors or generous openings — so the interior and the life of the street mix together as a matter of course.
Usage Sitting Wall243 · Path Shape121 · Outdoor Room163