Towns, Buildings, Construction

A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander
No one can be close to others, without also having frequent opportunities to be alone.
You see, then, that our love for window "places" is not a luxury but an organic intuition, based on the natural desire a person has to let the forces he experiences run free. A room where you feel truly comfortable will always contain some kind of window place.
Reklam
This is one of the patterns people most often disagree with. However, we believe they are mistaken. People's attitude to this pattern often runs along the following lines: "The pattern suggests that I should sleep somewhere where the sun can wake me up; but I don't want the sun to wake me up, I want to be able to sleep late, whenever I can. I guess have a different style of life; so the pattern doesn't apply to me." We believe there may be fundamental biological matters at stake here and that no one who once understands them will want to ignore them, even if his present style of life does seem to contradict them.
These kinds of windows which create "places" next to them are not simply luxuries; they are necessary.