Section 04: Shelter
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space. — Philip Johnson
It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. -- Irish Proverb.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. — Benjamin Franklin
Section 4 Table of Contents
04011 Urban Shelter Design — A survey of a big subject. Designing for shelter that is constant, persistent, and resilient. Shelter as if people and the planet mattered.
04021 Co-housing, Cooperatives, and other forms of Collaborative Living — Different structures for different folks in different situations.
04031 Geography, Renting, Ownership — Should you buy or should you rent? Assuming you have a choice, of course. And perhaps more importantly — where?
04041 Dormitory Living — One of the most resource-frugal structures for urban living. Making it even more so.
04051 Tips for living in small spaces — A tip jar of strategies, techniques, and tools for abundant living in smaller spaces.
04061 Guidelines for house design. — Redesigning your living space to care for people, care for the planet, and have a care for the future.
04071 The Integral Urban House and the Integral Urban Apartment — The pioneer of the modern urban sustainability movement. If we had all listened to them back in the 1970s, the world would be a very different, and much better place. Millions of people dead in the resource wars of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s would likely still be alive.
04081 Shelter Design Challenges — Small design projects to further your understanding of design.
04091 Shelter Inventory — Questions to ask, situations to observe, data you need.
04101 Additional shelter resources — Books of knowledge.