EXPOSUREEXPOSURE In placing, or "orienting" the house, the exposures of the various rooms will have to be considered carefully. This is really a part of the problem of the design of the house, but is a landscape problem also, for the landscape must be tied closely to the house. You want to be able to go from the indoor living rooms to the terraces and gardens without hindrance, therefore the two should be near each other. In northern United States and southern Canada, where the winters are long and severe, the southern aspect is the more desirable. Of course many small houses have their position and outlook governed by the street. This practice should not be adhered to without exception if the most pleasure and comfort are to be gotten out of a house. The best exposure should be secured for the principal rooms even if this necessitates turning the house around so that it faces the rear or side property lines. In fact, often when this is done to secure proper exposure it results in a very happy disposition of the area around the house, and the service portion, even though facing the street, can easily be screened and takes up less valuable space here than it would elsewhere. As
the west is the quarter from which the
fair-weather wind comes and which gives
beautiful sunset effects, try to have the
rooms that are used most, such as the living
room, face or at least look in this direction.
The dining room is best with an eastern
exposure, unless there is also a breakfast
room, in which case that should face east
and the dining room northwest or west.
The kitchen is best with northwestern or
northeastern exposure with light and air
on at least two sides. It should never
be on the south or west, for the prevailing
wind will carry odors to other parts of
the house, and it would be extremely warm
in summer in the
middle of the day. garden
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