On May 19th, 2006 our several tons of basalt rock were delivered from a site not 40km away.
Rock walls, here we come.
Our trench was coming into use finally.
This was Dad's early morning exercise for some time to come. (We would wake to the chink of the crowbar against stone.) Once begun, the demand for rock walls seemed inexhaustible, and then after the walls came the pillars...
'Shape the house so that light can enter every important room from at least two sides to create a balance.'
'A house and its site should be shaped so that the main flow of traffic moves along the edges of the common rooms, exposed to the activity within but not a part of it.'
'Give the commons a semiprivate edge, with places to sit and read or even just lean - places that allow people to take up a position away from the core but still be a part of it.'
'Contrast the various materials of construction, clarifying the connections among them, and celebrate the innate qualities of each rather than covering them up.'
'A home should have a number of secure, protected places that also permit an overview of the larger world beyond.'
Patterns of Home, The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design. By Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein and Barbara Winslow
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