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I found myself disagreeing with almost every point. Entertaining only happens a handful of times a year? What? Furthermore designing for it is wasteful? Why mu
by mattnewton 7y ago
I found myself disagreeing with almost every point. Entertaining only happens a handful of times a year? What?
Furthermore designing for it is wasteful? Why must it be?
It’s an acoustic nightmare to have one big room that everyone can talk to in?
Open floor plan housing makes smaller spaces feel larger by allowing all the rooms to be the living room or dining room as need be. It allows me to afford a place that feels larger but is smaller. And that alone is a killer feature in a City.
- rconti 7y agoI think it was basically a "spending hundreds of thousands to remodel your mansion to have a massive open floorplan just to show off to your friends makes me angry" rant that had nothing to do with how actual people use actual spaces. We almost never have people over, but having an open space is wonderful even for just two of us, and there's certainly nothing wasteful about designing for edge cases if they don't make things worse the rest of the time.
- TomVDB 7y agoWhile I love living in an open concept house, I totally agree with the points that you disagree with. We don't have a lot of guests all that often, so I agree if "a handful of times" is "between 10 and 15 per year." There is no question that open concept doesn't allow to heat or cool this room but not the other. It's all or nothing for us. That was totally different when I grew up. Whatever happens in the kitchen, we can hear it perfectly on the other side of the house in our bedroom if we leave our bedroom door open. That would not be the case if we had some kitchen door somewhere in between. Similarly, when our daughter has friends over in the dining area or living area, we typically move to the bedroom because the family/TV room is too noisy then.