---
title: "Dressing Rooms (189)"
created: 2026-07-01
updated: 2026-07-01
type: concept
status: compiled
namespace: pattern-language
pattern_number: 189
pattern_name: "Dressing Rooms"
source_repository: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md
source_url: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md/blob/master/Patterns/Dressing%20Rooms%20%28189%29.md
license_note: Non-commercial reuse with attribution; see namespace README and source LICENSE.md.
related_patterns:
  - "Marriage Bed (187)"
  - "Bed Alcove (188)"
  - "Bathing Room (144)"
  - "Light on Two Sides of Every Room (159)"
  - "Thick Walls (197)"
  - "Closets Between Rooms (198)"
  - "Open Shelves (200)"
  - "Waist-High Shelf (201)"
  - "The Shape of Indoor Space (191)"
---

# Dressing Rooms (189)

> Source pattern from the abridged `apl-md` corpus. Use as a design reference and constraint seed; do not treat as commercial-clean training data.

### Problem
> Dressing and undressing, storing clothes, having clothes lying around, have no reason to be part of any larger complex of activities. Indeed they disturb other activities: they are so self-contained that they themselves need concentrated space which has no other function.

### Solution
> Give everyone a dressing room-either private or shared - between their bed and the bathing room. Make this dressing room big enough so there is an open area in it at least six feet in diameter; about six linear feet of clothes hanging space; and another six feet of open shelves; two or three drawers; and a mirror.

### Related Patterns
... if the beds are in position - [[Marriage Bed (187)]], [[Bed Alcove (188)]] - we can give detailed attention to the dressing spaces - both to the closets where people keep their clothes and to the space they use for dressing. These dressing spaces may also help to form the [[Bathing Room (144)]].

Place each dressing room so that it gets plenty of natural [[Light on Two Sides of Every Room (159)]]. Use [[Thick Walls (197)]], [[Closets Between Rooms (198)]], and [[Open Shelves (200)]] to form its walls; include a wide shelf around the edge - [[Waist-High Shelf (201)]]; and for the detailed shape of the room, see [[The Shape of Indoor Space (191)]].

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 872.
> #APL/confidence/medium
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> #APL/Building-Patterns/Minor-Rooms