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Housing Hill

Opening context:
Density Rings, Four-Story Limit

Conflict

Every town has places in it which are so central and desirable that at least 30–50 households per acre will be living there. But the apartment houses which reach this density are almost all impersonal.

Resolution

To build more than 30 dwellings per net acre, or to build housing three or four stories high, build a hill of houses. Build them to form stepped terraces, sloping toward the south, served by a great central open stair which also faces south and leads toward a common garden.

Closing context:
Roof Garden, Open Stairs, Common Land, Connected Play, Vegetable Garden