Front Privacy Rear Privacy Front Planting Entrance Canalside Furniture | | In terms of detailing, the design of the estat e was some fifteen years ahead of the publication of the seminal book on town planning – ‘A Pattern Language: Towns Buildings Construction’ by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa & Murray Silverstein (Oxford University Press, New York, 1977). Although, in the case of Marshworth, the complex combinations of up to 253 patterns reported by Alexander et al are not obvious - indeed the simple shape of the open space and the layout along the single road represents almost the opposite end of the spectrum - the quirky spaces formed within the overall design, not least due to it being bounded by the curved road on one side and the canal on t he other - along with the staggering of the buildings themselves, provided a whole range of niches which have enabled residents to detail their surroundings in much the same way this later book suggested. Particular examples are (to see the details please click on whichever item below you wish to explore): Privacy at the Front Privacy at the Rear Open to the Canal Planting at the Front Carport Entrance Garden Furniture
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