The patterns for our house design, we did these FIRST before we started drawing walls. Things with numbers are from A Pattern Language, things that have a + are our own patterns. The qualities we each chose for ourselves are listed at the bottom, and the ones that work for us both. Looking at them makes sense of some of what we consider priority, and what our home patterns are based on.
+ Whole property is “our home” Interior space is “our house”
Abundance for ALL.
+ Comfortable and engaging for ALL inhabitants: human, animal, plant
........127 – Intimacy gradient
........+ Open space and nests
........108 – Connected buildings
........129 – Common place at the heart
........+ Lack of toxins
+ Outside spaces designed as interior spaces
........127 – Intimacy gradient
........+ Open space and nests
........105 – South facing outdoors
........106 – Positive outdoor space
........108 – Connected buildings
........236 – Windows which open wide (modified pattern)
........119 – Arcades
................160 – Building edge
................167 – Six foot balcony
................234 – Lapped outside walls
........124 – Activity pockets
................252 – Pools of light
................229 – Duct place
................+ Expansion ports
........163 – Outdoor room
................175 –
Greenhouse
................161 – Sunny place
................230 – Radiant heat
................+ Animal nests
........168 – Connection to the earth
................111 – Half hidden garden
................172 – Garden growing wild
................+ Animal play spaces
................173 – Garden wall
................161 – Sunny place
................199 – Sunny counter
................230 – Radiant heat
........241 – Seat spots
................171 – Tree places
................176 – Garden seat
................242 – Front door bench
................243 – Sitting wall
................+ Animal nests
........+ Places to walk
................+ Wide walkways
................+ Easy stairs
................120 – Paths and goals
................174 – Trellised walk
................169 – Terraced slope
................170 –
Fruit trees
................+ Animal play spaces
+ Mind shift areas at doors
........127 – Intimacy gradient
........105 – South facing outdoors
........108 – Connected buildings
........163 – Outdoor room
................236 – Windows which open wide (modified pattern)
................119 – Arcades
................167 – Six foot balcony
................160 – Building edge
................234 – Lapped outside walls
................252 – Pools of light
........110 – Main entrance
........112 – Entrance
transition
................242 – Front door bench
................243 – Sitting wall
................+ Mud room
................+ Shoe place
................233 – Floor surface
........+ Left hand doors
+ High sunlight/natural light
........105 – South facing outdoors
........+ North coolness
........163 – Outdoor room
................175 –
Greenhouse
................174 – Trellised walk
........128 – Indoor sunlight
................236 – Windows which open wide (modified pattern)
................161 – Sunny place
................180 – Window place
................199 – Sunny counter
........182 – Eating atmosphere
........181 – The fire
........230 – Radiant heat
........194 – Interior windows
........+ Variable light levels
................238 – Filtered light
................252 – Pools of light
................+ Shutters
+ Open space and nests
........+ Wide walkways
........124 – Activity pockets
................+ Sliding doors
................198 – Closets between rooms
................+ Built in furniture and partitions
................+ Movable furniture and partitions
................240 – Half inch trim
................200 – Open shelves
........129 – Common place at the heart
................161 – Sunny place
................180 – Window place
................238 – Filtered light (tracery?)
................252 – Pools of light
................182 – Eating atmosphere
................181 – The fire
................230 – Radiant heat
................+ Animal nests
+ Ease of maintenance – plan for expansion – ease of modification
........108 – Connected buildings
........+ Expansion ports
........230 – Radiant heat
........229 – Duct place
................+ Four inch ledges
................+ Expansion ports
................+ Plumbing wall
................+ Redundant systems
................+ Repairable tech
........242 – Front door bench
................+ Mud room
................+ Shoe place
........+ Places to walk
................+ Wide walkways
................169 – Terraced slope
................170 – Fruit trees
................173 – Garden wall
................175 –
Greenhouse
........198 – Closets between rooms
................+ Built in furniture and partitions
................+ Movable furniture and partitions
................200 – Open shelves
................240 – Half inch trim
................194 – Interior windows
........+ Sliding doors
+ Energy efficient – temperature controllable spaces in all conditions
........108 – Connected buildings
........234 – Lapped outside walls
........+ Expansion ports
........+ Redundant systems
........230 – Radiant heat
................181 – The fire
................105 – South facing outdoors
................175 –
Greenhouse
........229 – Duct place-
................+ Expansion ports
................+ Double ducts
................+ Repairable tech
........+ Variable light levels
................236 – Windows which open wide (modified pattern)
................+ Shutters
........+ Pools of heat/cool
................+ Mud room
................+ Sliding doors
................+ North coolness
................233 – Floor surface
+ Work areas designed for our actual needs/use – Accessible with health/height realities – efficient and effective
........+ Tools within reach
........+ Lack of toxins
........108 – Connected buildings
........113 – Car connection
........169 – Terraced slope
........163 – Outdoor room
................175 –
Greenhouse
........+ Places to walk
................+ Wide walkways
........233 – Floor surface
........241 – Seat spots
................+ Mud room
................242 – Front door bench
................243 – Sitting wall
........124 – Activity pockets
................198 – Closets between rooms
................+ Built in furniture
................+ Movable furniture
................+ Sliding doors
................200 – Open shelves
........129 – Common place at the heart
........182 – Eating atmosphere
........184 – Cooking layout
................+ Variable counter heights
................+ Four inch ledges
................199 – Sunny counter
................252 – Pools of light
........230 – Radiant heat
........229 – Duct place
................+ Four inch ledges
................+ Double ducts
................+ Expansion ports
................+ Repairable tech
................+ Outlets at different levels
........+ Left hand doors
........+ Easy stairs
Qualities we want in a house:
Pearl:........................Mom:........................Both:
Airy..........................Airy...........................Airy
Thought filled............Calm
Things in reach..........Things hidden
Cleanable..................Cleanable...................Cleanable
Natural light...............Natural light...............Natural light
Variable light..............Variable light..............Variable light
Variable temp.............Variable temp............Variable temp
Warm........................Cool
Small spaces..............Open spaces
*** Tools within reach*** A primary Pearl pattern!!