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Is there a good alternative to the "deck" for outdoor activities?
Yes, there is another way of being outdoors that is not
met by a deck - the outdoor room. An outdoor room is a
partly enclosed space, outdoors, but enough like a room
so that people behave there as they do in rooms, but
with the added beauties of the sun, wind, smells, and
outdoor sounds. This room needs to be defined at its
corners and possibly partially roofed with a trellis,
for example. "Walls" around it could be created with
fences, sitting walls, screens, hedges, or the exterior
walls of the house itself.
Dr. Ronn Phillips, Arch.D., and Bobbi Hauptmann, Environmental Design, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
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