Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Kitchen on public side

[Jessie Kome (jehako]

Hi-

At Eno Commons, we resolved this by having half the homes with  
kitchens and dining rooms facing the pedway and half with living rooms  
facing the pedway.  So, folks could pick the pattern that suited them.

At Eastern Village, there are many more kinds of units, but all the  
ones facing the courtyard have their living room windows facing the  
common space and the dining and kitchen spaces further back.  Ann  
Zabaldo raised the question of having kitchens facing the common  
space, but the EVC group didn't want to give up having big living room  
windows, which was the necessary design tradeoff.  At EVC, there are  
quite a few units that have no windows into common space at all.  So,  
we all meet at the mailboxes and in the laundry room.

-Jessie Handforth Kome
Eastern Village Cohousing
Silver Spring, Maryland
"Where we just finished Christmas dinner and are somewhat somnolent."