APL #134 – Zen View


If there is a beautiful view, don’t spoil it by building huge windows that gape incessantly at it.  Instead, put the windows which look onto the view at places of transition – along paths, in hallways, in entry ways, on stairs, between rooms.  If the view window is correctly placed, people will see a glimpse of the distant view as they come up to the window or pass it; but the view is never visible from the places where people stay.


From our blog series on "A Pattern Language", by Christopher Alexander

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