Titles and categories scraped by algorithm from on-line sources:
Pattern Number: 243Pattern Title: Sitting Wall
Category: Construction
Sub-Category: Build outdoor details
Up links: 106 Positive Outdoor Space 51 Green Streets 100 Pedestrian Street 111 Half-hidden Garden 114 Hierarchy of Open Space 121 Path Shape 124 Activity Pockets 140 Private Terrace on the Street 163 Outdoor Room 165 Opening to the Street 166 Gallery Surround 172 Garden Growing Wild 241 Seat Spots 242 Front Door Bench
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Down links: 241 Seat Spots 248 Soft Tile and Brick 249 Ornament 245 Raised Flowers
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Summaries of content, keywords and links generated by algorithms. Thank you smmry.com:
Summary 1: If you have also marked the places where it makes sense to build seats - SEAT SPOTS, FRONT DOOR BENCH - you can kill two birds with one stone by using the walls as seats which help enclose the outdoor space wherever its positive character is weakest.
Summary 2: In many places walls and fences between outdoor spaces are too high; but no boundary at all does injustice to the subtlety of the divisions between the spaces.
Summary 3: Surround any natural outdoor area, and make minor boundaries between outdoor areas with low walls, about 16 inches high, and wide enough to sit on, at least 12 inches wide.
Summary 4: If there is a high wall or a hedge, then the people in the garden have no way of being connected to the street; the people in the street have no way of being connected to the garden.
Summary 5: A low wall or balustrade, just at the right height for sitting, is perfect.
Summary 6: Examples: A low wall with the children's sandbox on one side, circulation path on the other; low wall at the front of the garden, connecting the house to the public path; a sitting wall that is a retaining wall, with plants on one side, where people can sit close to the flowers and eat their lunch..
Keywords: wall garden between sit street
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