---
title: "Window Place (180)"
created: 2026-07-01
updated: 2026-07-01
type: concept
status: compiled
namespace: pattern-language
pattern_number: 180
pattern_name: "Window Place"
source_repository: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md
source_url: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md/blob/master/Patterns/Window%20Place%20%28180%29.md
license_note: Non-commercial reuse with attribution; see namespace README and source LICENSE.md.
related_patterns:
  - "Entrance Room (130)"
  - "Zen View (134)"
  - "Light on Two Sides of Every Room (159)"
  - "Street Windows (164)"
  - "Alcoves (179)"
  - "Low Sill (222)"
  - "Built-in Seats (202)"
  - "Natural Doors and Windows (221)"
  - "Deep Reveals (223)"
  - "Dormer Windows (231)"
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# Window Place (180)

> 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
>Everybody loves window seats, bay windows, and big windows with low sills and comfortable chairs drawn up to them.

### Solution
>In every room where you spend any length of time during the day, make at least one window into a "window place".

### Related Patterns
... this pattern helps complete the arrangement of the windows given by [[Entrance Room (130)]], [[Zen View (134)]], [[Light on Two Sides of Every Room (159)]], [[Street Windows (164)]]. According to the pattern, at least one of the windows in each room needs to be shaped in such a way as to increase its usefulness as a space.

Make it low and self-contained if there is room for that - [[Alcoves (179)]] keep the sill low - [[Low Sill (222)]]; put in the exact positions of frames, and mullions, and seats after the window place is framed, according to the view outside - [[Built-in Seats (202)]], [[Natural Doors and Windows (221)]]. And set the window deep into the wall to soften light around the edges - [[Deep Reveals (223)]]. Under a sloping roof, use [[Dormer Windows (231)]] to make this pattern ...

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 833.
> #APL/confidence/high
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> #APL/Building-Patterns/Minor-Rooms