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Teenager’s Cottage

Opening context:
The Family, House for a Small Family, A Room of One’s Own, Rooms to Rent

Conflict

If a teenager’s place in the home does not reflect his need for a measure of independence, he will be locked in conflict with his family.

Resolution

To make a child’s coming of age, transform his place in the home into a kind of cottage that expresses in a physical way the beginnings of independence. Keep the cottage attached to the home, but make it a distinctly visible bulge, far away from the master bedroom, with its own private entrance, perhaps its own roof.

Closing context:
Sitting Circle, Bed Alcove, Structure Follows Social Spaces, The Shape of Indoor Space, Home Workshop