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Half-hidden Garden

Opening context:
House Cluster, Row Houses, Work Community, Building Complex, South Facing Outdoors

Conflict

If a garden is too close to the street people won’t use it because it isn’t private enough. But if it is too far from the street, then it won’t be used either, because it is too isolated.

Resolution

Do not place the garden fully in front of the house, nor fully to the back. Instead, place it in some kind of half-way position, side-by-side with the house, in a position which is half-hidden from the street, and half exposed.

Closing context:
Garden Wall, Garden Growing Wild, Entrance Transition, Courtyards which Live, Private Terrace on the Street