The organization of the floor plan should fit the organization
of home activities. The three phases of daily life— work, play,
and sleep-— sugg€*st thret* ili visions of space in the arrangement
of a dwT^lliog, the living-rooms forming one group, the working
parts another, and the sleeping-rooms another* Each of these
space groups is distinct in use, in animgenM^nt, and in the char-
acter of its furnishings.
Conimunication between these parts is provided l>y means of
hall and stairs; in fact the starting point of any plan is a study
of its circulation or passage. The hall may, therefoi-e, be con-
sidered as the kernel of the plan, the distriimting center of space.
The arrangement of the living-rooms should be generous in
feeling. To this end, wide flnorways, groups of window\s, and
long vistas both indoors and out are essentiah One lai-ge unit
for general family use and two or three smaller ones usually
comprise the living area of the modest house. Some variety
in the size, shape, and tlirection of the nmnis is desirable in the
design of the living space. Combinations of oblong rooms of
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difFerent sizes placed at riglit aiiKlos to each other, or of oblong
and square rooms of different dimensions, make a more inter-
esting and more fumishable arrangement than a succession of
square rooms, which tend to repeat each other in character and
use. Generous window j^roupK on long or important walls and
arrangements of single windows or pairs on short or unimportant
walls fiuiiish a variety of outlook and hghtiiig that is bound to
give life and animation to the whole interior.
In general the living-rooms in temperate climates should
occupy southerly exposures — south, southeast, and south-
wcst^ — unless such an arrangement is contradicted by the di-
rection of the view, prevailing winds^ or other conditions of
the site. An east dining-room is especially to be liesired, since
the morning sun on the breakfast talile start.s the day off
cheerily. Living-rooms southerly and working parts northerly
make a good complementar}^ arrangement for using to advan-
tage the four exposures of a frcc-staiiding Iiouse.
Further discussion of the working arrangements, such as
kitchen, pantry, laundry, and the like, may be found on pages]
90 to 119.
The sleeping-rooms must above all be private in location*
That means that each room must he entered directly from a
hall, not from another room. In a two-story house the privacy
of the sleeping-rooms is automatically assured by placing
them on the second floor. In a one-story arrangement a small
lM?d room -hall must be deliberately provided in addition to
the entrance-hall.
The relative advantages of a one-floor or two-floor arrange-
ment for a private dwelling depend on a number of factors.
In general, the two-story house and the real l>ungaIow, which
has all the rooms arranged on a single floor, are climatic ex-
pressions of housing for widely diiTerent localities. Each is
m normal for its own conditions that it becomes the prevalent
type of that place. The informal spread-out plan of the bunga-
low is nomiat for warm climates, where yard and grounds
forra part of the daily life for a large part of the year and where
the buildings may be lightly constructed without cellars and
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The organization of the floor plan should fit the organization
of home activities. The three phases of daily life— work, play,
and sleep-— sugg€*st thret* ili visions of space in the arrangement
of a dwT^lliog, the living-rooms forming one group, the working
parts another, and the sleeping-rooms another* Each of these
space groups is distinct in use, in animgenM^nt, and in the char-
acter of its furnishings.
Conimunication between these parts is provided l>y means of
hall and stairs; in fact the starting point of any plan is a study
of its circulation or passage. The hall may, therefoi-e, be con-
sidered as the kernel of the plan, the distriimting center of space.
The arrangement of the living-rooms should be generous in
feeling. To this end, wide flnorways, groups of window\s, and
long vistas both indoors and out are essentiah One lai-ge unit
for general family use and two or three smaller ones usually
comprise the living area of the modest house. Some variety
in the size, shape, and tlirection of the nmnis is desirable in the
design of the living space. Combinations of oblong rooms of
I
THE MODERN HOUSE
difFerent sizes placed at riglit aiiKlos to each other, or of oblong
and square rooms of different dimensions, make a more inter-
esting and more fumishable arrangement than a succession of
square rooms, which tend to repeat each other in character and
use. Generous window j^roupK on long or important walls and
arrangements of single windows or pairs on short or unimportant
walls fiuiiish a variety of outlook and hghtiiig that is bound to
give life and animation to the whole interior.
In general the living-rooms in temperate climates should
occupy southerly exposures — south, southeast, and south-
wcst^ — unless such an arrangement is contradicted by the di-
rection of the view, prevailing winds^ or other conditions of
the site. An east dining-room is especially to be liesired, since
the morning sun on the breakfast talile start.s the day off
cheerily. Living-rooms southerly and working parts northerly
make a good complementar}^ arrangement for using to advan-
tage the four exposures of a frcc-staiiding Iiouse.
Further discussion of the working arrangements, such as
kitchen, pantry, laundry, and the like, may be found on pages]
90 to 119.
The sleeping-rooms must above all be private in location*
That means that each room must he entered directly from a
hall, not from another room. In a two-story house the privacy
of the sleeping-rooms is automatically assured by placing
them on the second floor. In a one-story arrangement a small
lM?d room -hall must be deliberately provided in addition to
the entrance-hall.
The relative advantages of a one-floor or two-floor arrange-
ment for a private dwelling depend on a number of factors.
In general, the two-story house and the real l>ungaIow, which
has all the rooms arranged on a single floor, are climatic ex-
pressions of housing for widely diiTerent localities. Each is
m normal for its own conditions that it becomes the prevalent
type of that place. The informal spread-out plan of the bunga-
low is nomiat for warm climates, where yard and grounds
forra part of the daily life for a large part of the year and where
the buildings may be lightly constructed without cellars and
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