Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: determinants of success - not just cohousing

[Maggi Rohde (maggi]

In my high-density Michigan design, I like having my sitting room in 
the front with my open kitchen attached.  I can work in my kitchen 
without being blinded by the sun, but people can still see me -- and 
then sit at the couch in the front and watch my community walk by.  Our 
office is in the back.

-Maggi, Touchstone Cohousing, Ann Arbor, MI

On Feb 24, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Steve Faber wrote:
> I think in an urban cohousing community the kitchens on the "active 
> side"  might mean something different if you are trying to be a little 
> village in a bigger village of a neighborhood.  One of the issues we 
> had with our Michigan, medium density design, was the compromise of 
> kitchen orientation and getting light into the units. If your kitchen 
> is on the south side of your home.  Typically, much of your wall space 
> is taken up by cabinets and you can't put in the larger windows to 
> maximize passive solar.