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Canvas Roofs

Opening context:
Roof Garden, Private Terrace on the Street, Trellised Walk, Window Place, Filtered Light

Conflict

There is a very special beauty about tents and canvas awnings. the canvas has a softness, a suppleness, which is in harmony with the wind and light and sun. A house or any building built with some canvas will touch all the elements more nearly than when it is made only with hard conventional materials.

Resolution

Build canvas roofs and walls and awnings wherever there are spaces which need softer light or partial shade in summer, or partial protection from mist and dew in autumn and winter. Build them to fold away, with ropes or wires to pull them, so that they can easily be opened.

Closing context:
Filtered Light, Ornament, Warm Colors