127. Intimacy Gradient Problem Unless the spaces in a building are arranged in a sequence which corresponds to their degrees of privateness, the visits made by strangers, friends, guests, clients, family, will always be a little awkward. Solution Lay out the spaces of a building so that they create a sequence which begins with the entrance and the most public parts of the building, then leads into the slightly more private areas, and finally to the most private domains. Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein & Sara Ishikawa, A Pattern Language intimacy
MIT Student Hub An Article by Alex Hogrefe visualizingarchitecture.com Show image 0 Show image 1 Show image 2 The project is located on the MIT Campus and will be a “Student Hub” containing restaurants, large event spaces, and smaller study spaces. visualizationarchitecture