DOI Artikel:
Jones, Sydney R.: On the designing of cottages and small houses
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41874#0024
ON THE DESIGNING OF COTTAGES AND SMALL HOUSES
ties of the site are more or less obvious. The land should be in a convenient
situation and in a healthy locality ; it should be suitable for building and
the cultivation of plants, fruit, and flowers. Larger proposals for housing,
especially bordering towns and populated areas, need far more study be-
fore the land can be chosen and acquired. In addition to the qualities
mentioned above, the land must be considered in relation to possible re-
quirements of houses in the future, and the prospect of a permanent supply
of tenants that will ensure financial returns and the avoidance of empty
houses. Convenience of access to roads, railway stations, and services of
trams and omnibuses should be guaranteed. Facilities for the provision of
drainage, water, and light, as well as the subsoil and contours of the land,
will have to be examined from the standpoint of economic development.
When all considerations have been duly weighed and suitable land has
been selected, the preparation of a general scheme of lay-out is the first
essential. It should be planned in such a way that every opportunity
offered by the nature of the site is improved, and its amenity developed to
the fullest extent. The position and direction of roads; the location of
shops, houses, open spaces, and social centres ; the number of houses to be
built to the acre ; the distance between dwellings, especially with regard
to obtaining a maximum amount of sunlight in the rooms ; length of
frontages ; and areas for gardening, will all be governed by the adaptation
of economical and practical requirements to natural conditions. The first
general scheme, therefore, should be prepared with every care so that it
ties of the site are more or less obvious. The land should be in a convenient
situation and in a healthy locality ; it should be suitable for building and
the cultivation of plants, fruit, and flowers. Larger proposals for housing,
especially bordering towns and populated areas, need far more study be-
fore the land can be chosen and acquired. In addition to the qualities
mentioned above, the land must be considered in relation to possible re-
quirements of houses in the future, and the prospect of a permanent supply
of tenants that will ensure financial returns and the avoidance of empty
houses. Convenience of access to roads, railway stations, and services of
trams and omnibuses should be guaranteed. Facilities for the provision of
drainage, water, and light, as well as the subsoil and contours of the land,
will have to be examined from the standpoint of economic development.
When all considerations have been duly weighed and suitable land has
been selected, the preparation of a general scheme of lay-out is the first
essential. It should be planned in such a way that every opportunity
offered by the nature of the site is improved, and its amenity developed to
the fullest extent. The position and direction of roads; the location of
shops, houses, open spaces, and social centres ; the number of houses to be
built to the acre ; the distance between dwellings, especially with regard
to obtaining a maximum amount of sunlight in the rooms ; length of
frontages ; and areas for gardening, will all be governed by the adaptation
of economical and practical requirements to natural conditions. The first
general scheme, therefore, should be prepared with every care so that it