Pattern 35
Household Mix
Context Identifiable Neighborhood14 · House Cluster37 · Work Community41 · Life Cycle26
Problem
Housing built for only one kind of household — only young families, only singles, only the elderly — cuts its residents off from the variety of human life and leaves neighborhoods flat and one-sided.
Solution
Deliberately mix households of different types and ages within every neighborhood — families, singles, older people, couples without children — so a varied, lively community forms instead of a uniform settlement.
Usage Old People Everywhere40 · Connected Play68 · The Family75 · House for a Small Family76 · House for a Couple77 · House for One Person78