Small Courtyard Home
Courtyard homes require a lot of space because it displaces areas inside of the house and is positioned for the garden to get as much natural light as possible. How could we design a simple courtyard house with a smaller footprint? In this video, we’ll be developing a 1400 square foot courtyard house with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It takes the approach of traditional Japanese house complexes where three sides of the home surround a courtyard and the remaining side is either open to the backyard or is enclosed by a tall privacy fence. This significantly reduces the size of a typical home with a central courtyard by simply placing it off to one of the sides of the home. It offers the same benefits of having easy access to the patio and garden and blending the interior and exterior spaces together through large sliding glass doors.
