Re: [GBlist] Re Monster Buildings

[David Seth Melchert <dmelchert@earthlink.net>]

I would add to that list, the Bed-Room. Someone mentioned Chris
Alexander's book, A Pattern Language. The room big enough for a bed and
a bed only is one of their curious little patterns. Normal bedrooms are
quite wasteful of space - gobbled up by not only the bed but all the
passages around it.

When I first met my wife she lived in a 400 sf cottage that included a
Bed Room. It was incredibly efficient, very comfortable and cozy. And
no, it was not rarely used.

Seth

Gilbert Midonnet wrote:

> Space that is "rarely" used is not the same thing as unnecessary.
> Single use space is not necessarily bad.


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