Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Outdoor dining/event space Advice Sought. Are you happy with the size of your outdoor space?

[Margo Solod (margosolod]

Pare Gerou,
I'd love to see the plans or mock up for this space to get a better idea of
what you are talking about.

On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 7:47 AM Pare Gerou <paregerou [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> We are designing our "plateia" at Greek Village Cohousing, and we could use
> your thoughts about how happy you are with your outdoor dining space-
> especially those communities who mostly live outdoors.
>
> We will be dining outdoors most days and year round.  We chose our plot
> because it feels like you are flying- the plot is on the side of a large
> hill/small mountain, and the view is tremendous, but the downside is the
> angle that provides the view also provides limited flat space for our flat,
> central hardscape dining and event area as well as our common green.
> Currently we have about 338 square meters unless we want to enlarge it, and
> that would mean some would not have a view to the commons as well as
> wonderful mountains. People chose to keep it at 338 for the amazing dual
> view.
>
> So we will fit both our hardscape Platiea and green central commons into a
> space of around 338 square meters.  We will have miles of woods and open
> land around us behind and around the village, but the central commons is
> what most homes are oriented to as our town center and where
> community events and dining will happen.  It is located right outside our
> Common House
>
> For those who eat outside a lot, do you feel your outdoor hardscape dining
> space is too small?  too large?  just right?  Do you find it works well
> with your events?  meals? Do you wish it were different?  If so, how? If
> you provide feedback, please make sure to share the number of homes (or
> people) and most of all the size of your hardscape dining area.  We will
> have 33 homes.
>
> For what it is worth, we will be cooking outside too.  We will have to fit
> a significant grill, counter top, and a common "fourno" bread/pizza oven in
> the tradition of Greek villages.  There is a huge, ancient Olive tree that
> will have a round bench around it.  Other than that, and a tiny traditional
> Greek Village fountain, it is flat space that can either have a hardscape,
> or paths and garden and trees, or open green space or a combination.
>
> We chose the combination of hardscape, but we are having trouble figuring
> out how large our hardscape dining/event area should be and the ratio of
> hardscape to green.
>
> Thoughts?  Advice?
>
> And keep us in mind for your extra special friends or relations who are
> adventurous enough to want to live in Greece.  Now that we have our prices,
> design, and are excavating, we are going to start to actually advertising
> and grow.
>
>
> With Appreciation,
> Pare Gerou
> Greek Village Cohousing
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