In my last post I described some floor plans that could be suitable for a complex for Senior Citizens. In this post a possible arrangement of these units in a five-acre complex is illustrated. The floor plan adapted is floor plan 2 of the previous post that is twenty-five feet in width.
The attached picture shows these units arranged in a group of twenty-four in a five acre plot. Another twenty-five four units can be constructed on the first floor provided an elevator is provided. Alternatively, some of the first floor rooms can be constructed as single rooms for renting out to single working younger persons to create a healthier population mix. That should be possible if the complex is near a busy working town. Renting out to students is not a good idea. They can be noisy and difficult to manage. In case the first floor room is single then it would contain an individual bathroom of the type on the ground floor and a private verandah. There would be no individual kitchens with such single room units and dining could have to take place in the common dining hall. The first floor is accessed by a couple of common staircases or elevators reaching a common open corridor that runs in front of the rooms and reaches up to the first floor lobby of the dining hall/lounge central portion of the complex. It is precisely for this reason that the windows for the bedroom and living room open to the back of the building so that privacy is maintained. A maximum walk of three hundred feet from the furthest unit is involved from room to the central dining hall.
The top of the picture is south rather than north for maximum sunshine in the rooms.
With this design I have had enough of design of layouts for the time being and my future posts will return to more green thoughts rather than cement and concrete. Any person, group or organization anywhere in the world is welcome to use these designs with or without modifications. If you give me credit that would be nice. If you need for details get in touch with me through a query in the comments or otherwise.
4 comments:
"the Buddhist monks who proclaim that possession tie a person down and compromise happiness are right."
Yes, it is a strange calculus. One would think: "The more tools, the more the ability to respond creatively to any situation that comes. And thus the happier we will be."
But when we look closer at the data, it shows just the opposite.
Raymond, By slip your commet shifted to the previous post. I am pasting it at the right place in the latest post.
Raymond and Ashok,
If they are high Japanese Buddhist monks of today (or even the past), they must have a lot of possession whether they want them or not such as expensive silk robes, and if they live in one of the national treasure or important-national-property temples, they probably treat their dwelling as their own. So, I think the statement is a symbolic one, and it has deeper meaning. It's up to the person how he or she see and treat own possession. It takes discipline as any matters do. What do you think?
your comment too belongs to the latest post Keiko. I am pasting it over there for further response
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