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A Pattern Language Oxford University Press (1977)
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When they have a choice, people will always gravitate to those rooms which have light on two sides, and leave the rooms which are lit only from one side unused and empty.
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Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander, U.S. architect. A Pattern Language, "Light on Two Sides of Every Room," Oxford University Press (1977).
In the 159th of Alexander's 252 "patterns" for towns, buildings, and construction.
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