Communal Space/Private Space

We brainstormed what ideas about these two different uses of space:

Communal Space
- saves materials by sharing resources ie do we need three separate kitchens or one that we share?
- provides opportunities for social interaction
- create formal communal space - eg space for eating together
- create other spaces where incidental interactions occur eg. cool shady corner of garden where people gravitate to
- create multi use spaces
- create spaces that can accomodate visitors given the distance from civilization

Private Space
- should it be minimal ie just a bed or should it be a place for an individual to live in entirely
- could open onto a communal space
- agreed good to keep it as small as possible but make it a working and sleeping space
- use levels within a small footprint to distinguish areas for different activities

Bathrooms
- discussion on bathrooms and how many we should design for
-trend to have a bathroom each but is this desirable in such a remote place - building needs to be kept small
- rural lifestyle means there is not the pressure on everyone to get up and shower before work
- also means boys can wee outside

- keep it really open with views to outside
- look to reuse water possibly for evaporative cooling arrangements
- reuse in garden planted nearby - gardens shelter house from hot winds and dust
- make a separate bath-house, detached from main building
- use bath-house as cooling mechanism ie breeze blows through water
-collapsible walls, louvred windows
- remember it can get very cold at night
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