10 SMALL PLEASURES OF LIFE 1. TO SIT COMFORTABLY AND READ OR TALK A. Relaxation and entertainment are 2 of the most important functions of a home. Being able to have visitors in the privacy of the apartment is essential to the quality of life of the inhabitant. B. The spaces are flexible and can host a variety of activities. 2-3 separate zones can accommodate a group of people with different interests or age groups.
2. TO SLEEP NAKED
3. TO PLAY PIRATES
A. This speaks not only about thermal comfort, but mostly about the privacy level. B. The different ways in which the sleeping area can be configured or arranged allow the user to adjust the privacy level to his own needs, or according to his own comfort.
A. Or fireman, or hide and seek, or wrestle, or wii, or music… play is what we do when we are not working. B. The apartment allows for both active play and imaginative play. A child would love a lofted space, an indoor ‘tree house’.
4. TO WORK OR WRITE AT A CREEPER BORDERED WINDOW A. A space for recollection and writing is essential in the quality of life. Whether you are paying bills, or writing a novel, or taking watercolor classes… a desk is necessary in every home. B. Having a desk by the window adds pleasure to necessity. This writing surface could be incorporated as fixed furnishing, on the outside wall.
5. TO HAVE EASY ACCESS TO POSSESIONS WITHOUT SENSING THEIR PRESENCE ALL THE TIME 6. TO SEE THE SUNLIGHT SPREAD ACROSS THE FLOOR 7. TO SEE THE VIEW WHILE SITTING 8. TO READ IN BED 9. TO ENJOY VENTILATION
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10. TO STAND AND LOOK OUT WITHOUT GLARE
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