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[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> described can be sketched on a napkin in 2 seconds. The Urban street model
> looks sort like this:
> 
> x  x   x  x
> X
> x  x   x   x

This is our plan but there is a good space between the buildings so we have
a green where children and dogs play and piazza with a fountain where adults
and small children gather to sit in the sun, read, and have cookouts.

oxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
c          ;
c          ;
cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The ";" represents two fire stairs that come out to divide the green from
the piazza and a security entrance for the upper level units to the left of
the stairway. Units on the ground floor by the piazza and the units to the
right of the stairwells have entrances directly outside.

I couldn't find a symbol to cover just part of the space -- there is a
trellis between the stairwells with flowering vines.

We have narrow walkways in front of the units on either side of the green.
Between the commonhouse ("c") and the stairwells is a paved piazza with
garden areas, a small kid's playground with a bark ground, fountain.

The "o" is where my unit is. I like the layout very much. I can't see the
piazza from my unit on the second floor but I do have windows on three sides
of my unit and it is very private.

We have balconies on the "outside" of the long wings of units.

One wing is 2-4 stories, and the other 2-3, The commonhouse is 4 stories and
there are 2 units in the commonhouse building also.

A little over a year after move-in, our commohouse is looking very nicely
lived in with plants and flowers and some not all matching furniture.

Sharon
-- 
Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org


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