>> One of the interesting laws RL-America's Rose Valley has is that residents have the legal right to walk on each others property. I have a few relatives who live there & the hiking paths zigzag between public and private land without making any distinction between the two.<<
Land in Arden can't be sold, only leased. I wouldn't be surprised if Rose Valley has some related arrangement. Stuff like that can really chance land use.
>> The amusing flipside of course, is that sometimes you're changing and you glance out the window and realize there's a whole family outside admiring the architecture<<
There are several ways to handle that in architecture. Several are very common in Craftsman homes. One is to use stained glass or frosted glass for windows on the ground floor or overlooking the commons. Another is to raise the main floor above eye level. A third is simply that most Craftsman houses are up-and-down designs. The ground floor has, say, a foyer, living room, dining room, and kitchen; the bedrooms are all upstairs.
You absolutely do have to consider how land use will affect housing. For reasons of safety and sanity, each society needs to create a range between public and private space. Frex, the street is public, the front yard and porch are semi-public, the living room and dining room are semi-private, and the bedrooms are private. But if your house is on a commons instead of a separate yard, you're likely to have people wandering close to the house, so you really want those more private rooms in a more protected place than right next to the commons.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Finally found my words
Date: 2019-03-08 06:09 am (UTC)Land in Arden can't be sold, only leased. I wouldn't be surprised if Rose Valley has some related arrangement. Stuff like that can really chance land use.
>> The amusing flipside of course, is that sometimes you're changing and you glance out the window and realize there's a whole family outside admiring the architecture<<
There are several ways to handle that in architecture. Several are very common in Craftsman homes. One is to use stained glass or frosted glass for windows on the ground floor or overlooking the commons. Another is to raise the main floor above eye level. A third is simply that most Craftsman houses are up-and-down designs. The ground floor has, say, a foyer, living room, dining room, and kitchen; the bedrooms are all upstairs.
You absolutely do have to consider how land use will affect housing. For reasons of safety and sanity, each society needs to create a range between public and private space. Frex, the street is public, the front yard and porch are semi-public, the living room and dining room are semi-private, and the bedrooms are private. But if your house is on a commons instead of a separate yard, you're likely to have people wandering close to the house, so you really want those more private rooms in a more protected place than right next to the commons.