Screened porch
Walter and Ise Gropius considered the screened porch to be among the best practical New England responses to the environment. They noted, however, that porches usually darkened interior living spaces and were often placed at the front or side of a house. In past decades a porch overlooking the road would be quite pleasant, with neighbors and infrequent slow-moving vehicles passing by. However, modern living dictated that a porch should not force the occupants of the house to endure the noise of the street. Gropius adapted the basic idea to a private garden façade, placing the porch perpendicular to the house to capture every available breeze, provide total privacy from the road, and darken only a service room.
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