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
Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967 A Song by John Mayer www.youtube.com And his wife told his kids he was crazy, And his friends said he'd fail if he tried, But with a will to work hard, And a library card, He took a homemade, fan-blade, one-man submarine ride. The Astronaut Farmer