DOI Artikel:
Jones, Sydney R.: On the designing of cottages and small houses
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41874#0035
ON THE DESIGNING OF COTTAGES AND SMALL HOUSES
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD PLAN, SHOWING SINGLE-STORY
HOUSES AS USED IN SCOTLAND (PAGES 20 AND 47)
situated upstairs, and fitted with a bath, supply of hot and cold water, and
a lavatory basin, gives the best arrangement. When space and water-
supply are limited, and building costs have to be kept within small limits,
the bath may be placed in a room communicating with the scullery, where
a supply of hot water can be drawn from the copper, a method shown by
the plan on page 18. A great saving of labour, fuel, and money would
be effected if public services of hot water were established in all popu-
lated areas, and connected to every dwelling.
The plan of a building determines its elevation It is the foundation from
which the final result springs. A plan, therefore, may not be made with-
out reference to the design that is to follow. The relation of one to the
other is important, and is sometimes not fully appreciated. The condem-
nation of the “ artistic ” house of inconvenient plan, a favourite theme
with certain people, merely illustrates the wrong use of an adjective, for
nothing fulfills the canons of art if it fails to achieve its useful purpose. A
really workable plan should always give the opportunity for a satisfactory
elevation. This opportunity is not always turned to good account be-
cause the maker of the plan, well equipped to meet practical demands,
fails to satisfy the artistic requirements. Convenience should not be sacri-
ficed for appearance, but planning for effect and for usefulness should be
developed conjointly. The superficial area of a cottage is very small, and
the heights of walls and roof are limited. For these reasons every fraction
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD PLAN, SHOWING SINGLE-STORY
HOUSES AS USED IN SCOTLAND (PAGES 20 AND 47)
situated upstairs, and fitted with a bath, supply of hot and cold water, and
a lavatory basin, gives the best arrangement. When space and water-
supply are limited, and building costs have to be kept within small limits,
the bath may be placed in a room communicating with the scullery, where
a supply of hot water can be drawn from the copper, a method shown by
the plan on page 18. A great saving of labour, fuel, and money would
be effected if public services of hot water were established in all popu-
lated areas, and connected to every dwelling.
The plan of a building determines its elevation It is the foundation from
which the final result springs. A plan, therefore, may not be made with-
out reference to the design that is to follow. The relation of one to the
other is important, and is sometimes not fully appreciated. The condem-
nation of the “ artistic ” house of inconvenient plan, a favourite theme
with certain people, merely illustrates the wrong use of an adjective, for
nothing fulfills the canons of art if it fails to achieve its useful purpose. A
really workable plan should always give the opportunity for a satisfactory
elevation. This opportunity is not always turned to good account be-
cause the maker of the plan, well equipped to meet practical demands,
fails to satisfy the artistic requirements. Convenience should not be sacri-
ficed for appearance, but planning for effect and for usefulness should be
developed conjointly. The superficial area of a cottage is very small, and
the heights of walls and roof are limited. For these reasons every fraction
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