{"id":"asset_2f8edc43eb78","type":"text/markdown","category":"text","name":"12 nua design principle.md","size_bytes":9955,"title":"12 nua design principle","description":"This document presents a set of architectural design rules for small residential buildings, developed through multiple construction projects. It details specific requirements covering orientation, entry points, elevation, materials, spatial organization, and site placement, along with rationale drawn from practical experience and observed occupant behavior.","extracted_text":"# The nua principle: a house that keeps its distance\n\nWorking notes on a design principle for small houses, written down after four built and two unbuilt. The word nua is a made-up one. It is short for nothing, and it was chosen because it has no meaning to argue with. A nua house is one that follows every rule below, without exception. A house that follows most of them is a house with some nua habits, which is a different thing.\n\n## 1. Where the rules come from\n\nThe first house that became a nua house was built on a wet lot that flooded twice a decade. The second was a renovation of a dark brick bungalow where the only cheerful room was a sun porch that faced the wrong way. The rules were not designed; they were kept. Each one solved a problem in one house, got carried into the next, and was never dropped. After four houses they stopped being decisions and started being a style.\n\nThe style is defensive. A nua house keeps its distance from the ground, from the heat, from the street and","attributes":{},"usable_for":["design constraints for residential projects","precedent for rule-based architectural methodology","spatial planning principles for small dwellings"],"provenance":"original-work","provenance_note":"An original design methodology by its author, developed through built projects.","kind":"design methodology documentation","reliable_for":"The design rules, their rationale, and the author's observations about their application and effects.","describe_v":6,"price_sats":{"card":0,"full":200},"content_available":true,"available":true,"retained_offered":false,"embed_offered":false,"licences":{"single-task":{"sats":200,"grants":"use for one task, then let go"},"retained":null,"embed":null}}