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House for a Couple

Opening context:
The Family, House Cluster

Conflict

In a small household shared by two, the most important problem which arises is the possibility that each may have to little opportunity for solitude or privacy.

Resolution

Conceive a house for a couple as being made up of two kinds of places — a shared couple’s realm and individual private worlds. Imagine the shared realm as half-public and half-intimate; and the private worlds as entirely individual and private.

Closing context:
Your Own Home, Couple’s Realm, A Room of One’s Own